Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 March 1940 — Page 13

on anspor Lr and

“Kokomo Also Win Traffic Plagues.

Evansville and South Bend to- | [day shared first honors among Infor the best traffle safety record dy ing 1939.

the Indiana Traffic Safely Council and the Governorg Co-ordinating Safety Committee; i nderson and Kokomo were addged equally ds winners in the up of cities between 25.000 and 000 population; and Logansport first in the group between 000 and 25,000 persons.

Plagues Await Mayors

e winning cities will be awarded ecial plaques to be presented to Mayors at the annual safety Indianapc April 4. ling cities are selected

their traffic death records, use of accident ie traffic engineer-

Ing, adequate law enforcement, : child safety activities and public | | education. | ¢Certificates of merit will be ispued to 110 other smaller cities

deaths were reported last year. | Allen County Honored

PLast week the Safety Council anNounced winners in the safety contest among counties. Allen County won first honors among the group ve 25,000 population. Grant and : adison | Counties were given hon- | | orable mention in that group. | || Bartholomew | County was the winner among! counties between 20,000 and 25,000 population and Wells County was first in the group

na cities above 70,000 population|

eé awards were announced by

uncil on the basis of}

and towns in which no traffic

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Providing Food,

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with thumbs pointed eastward. The chief and his mate had lost

12 RECORDINGS

| Mrs. Eleanore Rhoton .

~ And Jobs All in Day's Work

wise—crossed; but the last seen of a Cherokee chief and his squaw, en route from Miami, Fla., to Stillwell, Okla., was on E. Washington St.

left Florida, their happy. hunting ground for the winter. The farther

iq : ; Travelers

Times Photo. . Travelers’ guide. :

Directions

got their signals—smoke or other-

the trail homeward the minute they

they | went the farther they veered from it—with the help of motorists sympathetic to hitchhikers. At Chattanooga, Tenn., they made

SERUM PLANT ‘RAZED IN FIRE

Thorntown Farm Brea Blaze Damage Set at $45,000.

THORNTOWN, Ind., March 26 «. P.).—Damage estimated between $45,000 and $65,000 was caused last night by a fire which raged for I hours and destroyed the interior of the main building of the Indiana

i | Farm Bureau serum plant.

The plant 'is located one mile

| southeast of Thorntown.

Only the walls of the structure were left standing, but - Murray Barker, president of the company, said he believed serum in laboratories’ was yndamagea and cow we salvaged. The vizze was discovered by Ray Van Nuys, a watchman, but he was unable 10 reach a4 phone :mmeaiaie= iy to call firemen as all lines terminated in the burning siructure. Firemen + from Thorntown and Lebanon fought the flames. _ « It was believed that the fire started in the men’s locker room In the basement of the building and spread up an elevator shaft and a stairway. + The building, in which serum for hog cholera was manufactured, was desiroyed by fire 10 years ago plso,

STATE T0 OPEN WAR ON BEETLES APRIL 1

The State Conservation Department will begin April 1 to treat about 25 acres of ‘Japanese beetleinfested land near; City Hospital, a winter holdover portion of the land treatment program. Most of the infested land was treated last fall] but the good weather gave out and further treatment was postponed to spring.

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Singapore Swing Trio

This distinguishei ocarina ensemble is made up of Dorothy Lamour, Bing Crosby and Bob Hope, who are doing their “Sweet Potato Piper” number on “Road to Singapore,” which is due for an Indiana showing beginning Friday.

_|Chicago. There will be dancing fol-

ance.

‘| will act as master of ceremonies at

HOLLYWOOD

Premiere of Virginia City js Revelation to Writer

‘By PAUL HARRISON

Wabash Show Here on April 3

Alvin Joslin, an Indianapolis student, will' assist Donald Devoto in the presentation of, several numbers inthe Wabash College Glee Club’s “Varsity Show,” which will be given at 8:30 p. m on April 3 in the American United Life ‘Insurance Co. auditorium. The entertainment is being sponsored by the Tabernacle Presbyterian. Church ‘Women’s Association, and will be presented by five groups. In addition to the glee club’s part of the program, “there will be specialty numbers by the Collegians, Ambassadors and - Wabashians, “all instrumental organizations, and the Varsity Four, student quartet.

The “Varsity Show” already has been given-in Crawfordsville and

lowing the Tndisnapolis perforty-

The, Indiana University Concert Band of 50 members is making its fifth annual concert tour this week. Beginning yesterday with a program in Martinsville. the band will appear in Shelbyville, Knizhtstown, Noblesville, Windfall, Anderson, Brazil, Linton and at the State Reformatory, Pendleton. Indianapolis members of the band are Gene Leak, Herschel Shelby and Ralph Schnabel. Frederick E. Green is the conductor, and Maj. Roy N. Hagerty

the concerts. Student directors are Stewart Cohen. Francis Chesser and Bert Fenn, the university's “allAmerica” drum major.

of the cities to be visited will act as guest director for one march number.

AUTRY FILM HERE ~ THREE DAYS MORE

“Rancho Grande,” the Gene Autry-Smiley Burnette picture which opened at the Alamo Friday,

Directors of school bands in each |

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WHEN DOES 11 START?

APIS LO x

“Adventure in Diamonds,” with : George. Brent, Isa Miranda, sé at 11: So.

| 2:28 4:57, 7:36 and 10: “Parole Fixer.” with iobe 1] Haize.

William ‘Henry, at 11, 1: nd 9:16.

6:37 al CIRCLE “Virginia City." with Errol yon, ‘Miriam Hooking, Randolph Scott, at 12:10, 3:25, 6:35 and 9:50. Catling "Philo Vance.” with James nh. ens'n, Margot Sieyenson, at 0. 2:20, 5:35 and 8:4 JAINDIANA

“Pinocchio, " Walt Pisney teature-! ES Solor cartoon, at 11, 1:41,

2. “Ma. ra Making Eyes At Me.” with Tom Brown, conspangs ore, : at 12:40, 3:21, 6: 1 and 9 . LOEW “Strange Cargo.” with Clark Gable, Joan Canon, Jap Hunter, at 11:10, 2:40. 6:20 a “The Gho os Den Home,’ with Frank dJozzan, Billie Burke, at 1:20, 4:55 and 8:30. LYRIC “Penthouse Serenade,” with Al Trahan, Christiani Troupe, O'Donnel and sa on stage at bg ‘4:54, 6:43

and 9:4 i on Wheels. * with Richard Arlen, TARY De’ evine on screen at | 11:35, 2:2), 5:23, 8:17 and 10:43.

mie it a acetates

BEERY'S. VACATION

Wallace Beery and his brother

Solid

Noah will take their first vacation trip together in more that a dozen years when the former complete work in “Combat Car.”

between 15,000 and| 20,000 persons.

ROOSEVELT ADDRESS

will be held over for three days, beginning today. Also in the cast are June Storey and the radio singers, Mary Lee and the Pals of the

friends with a young pale face who was “thumbing”. her way to Indianapolis and who influenced them to

HOLLYWOOD March 26.—Days after the tumult and the shout-

Beetle traps will ne set up again ing and the headaches have subsided, various. interested parties are

this year in the Department's program to control the pests.

GIVEN SCHOOLS

WILL BE BROADCAST

WASHINGTON, March 26 (U. P.). —President Roosevelt willl deliver a | ‘nation-wide radio address April 20 | to the Young Democratic Clubs of y | America, the White House announced today after Mr. Roosevelt | conferred with Matt Adams, national president of the organization. | The White House said| that the speech will observe National Young . } Democrats Day, and that Mr. ' | Roosevelt will speak to hundreds of inners attended by Young | Demo:

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¢ Twelve recordings of symphonies: have been donated to the Indianapalis Public Schools through the statewide music appreciation movement, Ralph Wright, Schools Music [director, announced today. the 12 collections were. “given by fiiteens who preferred to remain anonymous, Mr. Wright said. ‘One businessman gave 10 olleckjons in two others gave two fi the present time, the music appreciation movement with headquarters | lat 245 Pennsylvania St., is fe turing bussy’s [“Afternoon of | a Faun,” “Clouds” and’ “Festivals,” The set of three rec-| ords may, be obtained for less than one usual v pays for a single commercial record of lassical music. Mr. Wright, a mber of the Indiana Division, National Committee | for Music, Appreciation, said ‘the City was indebted for the generosity of the citizens who made music

available for Schott . BUTLER SETS DATES FOR RELIGION SCHOOL

Butler University’s College of Religion next summer will be held from June 11 to July 12, Dr. Frederick D. Kershner, dean, announced today. Courses in Christian Doctrine, Church History, the New Testament, Semitics ands Christian Ministries will be offered. The calendar for the College of Religion during the summer term will include the Welshimer Lecture_ course, June 18 to June 21 and ‘the Seger lecture course, Junie’ 25 to 28.

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Eleanore Rhoton, who had given them the directions, spotted them on Trail 40 land before she could get to them an eastbound motorist picked them up.

which travelers, given; help by Mrs. Rhoton and Mrs. who take turns at the ‘Aid desk at the depot, had gone astray.

;all over Indiana come along by train or bus to Indianapolis for| eye State, are helped to the doctor} and then placed safely on their) carrier back home by the Travelers’ | Aid."

blind Filipino girl, alone from the Philippines “and|| stopped here on her way to Boston |

year the Society for the Correctio

help of the Travelers’

him.

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return to Oklahoma via of Hoosierland. ; En route, the Indians had paid

rrived here they were. broke more badly in need of a trailfinder than at any time yet. Their only success during the journey from Florida was to find the Travelers’ Aid .at the Union

The Aid provided food, overnight

But the very next day, Mrs.

It was one of the rare cases in

Cecile Shields, Almost daily now, the blind from

treatment provided by oe

Then there was the 22-year- old | who came all |

where she was to ‘attend a blind school and learn to teach other sightless when she returns home. The Travelers’ Aid here and al

had seen that she had bon voyag and the same agency would do like wise from here to Boston. Such is an annual case, for eac

of the Blind in the Islands send student to the United States an they usually come through here t visit the School for the Blind. A 17-year-old boy of foreign par entage arrived. by freight the othe day to join the CCC. Ineligible he cause of non-residence, he said ne’ like to do farm work. With th Aid, he’ working on a farm near Broad Rip ple and things are loaking up fo

The odd thing Mrs; Rhoton an Mrs. Shields are finding is that ref ugees from Europe principally Ger many, know just where they are go

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The - beetles migrate from the East, where they have gained great headway, and Indiana and neighboring states are Yhe frontier in the battle to keep them from spreading West.

QUEZON AIRS FEARS OF FOREIGN INVASION

MANILA, March 26 (U, P.). — President Manuel L. Quezon said in a speech today that he believed it impossible for the Philippines to withstand any foreign invasion as an independent nation but he said, nevertheless, that he was in favor of independence. He added, however, that he was in favor of the Islands remaining uner the American flag “if the hilippines were granted power to rdain its national life as it chooses. ” It was suggested that Quezon, who soon will visit the United States en ute to a goodwill tour of South America, was sending up trial balns in an attempt to obtain ashington reaction.

1S. SPENDING FAR MORE THAN INCOME

WASHINGTON, March 26 (U.P.). —Government, expenditures this fiscal [year have exceeded $7,000,000,and income so far has been less $4,500,000,000, th le Treasury an1ced today. is lag of income over expendi- | is greater this year than last, the [Treasury said. espite unexpectedly high income tax | receipts this month, the Government income for the fiscal year thr

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NICTIN ARRESTED AS WELL AS SUSPECTS

Virgil Green, 51, R. R. 1, Box 76, reported to police last night that he was strong-armed by two men as he came out of a tavern at Ohio and West Sts. and robbed of his watch d $5. Shortly afterward, Green, with police, sighted the two suspects and identified them. The watch was

found on one of the men.

23 three were arrested, Green and one of the men on drunkenness charges and the third on a vRgraney charge.

F. D. R. MAY GO SOUTH AFTER SIEGE OF COLD

WASHINGTON, March 26 (U. P.). —Undersecretary of State Sumner Welles may deliver his report on European conditions at the little

White Houle at Warm Springs, Ga., ‘if President Roosevelt decides to go

South for a vacation this week.

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THOMAS A. THEARD LOCATED Thomas A. Theard, Indianapolis wholesale meat dealer, who was reported missing when he failed to reach Chicago on a business trip » | yesterday, was located today at Kentland, Ind, where he had had motor trouble. Members of his family had enlisted police of two states in a search for him.

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ugh March 23 was $4,362,057,872| and total expenditures were $7,009,-

still totaling the costs-and credits from that super-spectacular Warner Brothers expedition to Virginia City to launch a new movie: And most of us who went ‘along, badged and credentialed as “honored guests,” have been revising, in retrospect, our pefsona) estimates

of each other. After you've jostled movie stars for three days and nights, and ‘have seen ’em frazzled with wear-. iness, hooted by disgruntled fans, threatened by drunks, exuberant at bars and gray-faced at breakfast, you get to know about them. 1 admire most of them more than I ever did before. My sole major disappointment was when a little actress, whom I always had found gracious and friendly at the studio, confided that she really loathes all mewspapermen. » 2 THE JUNKET COST the studio about $75,000, which is considered a very good investment by Hollywood’s Barnums, because the picture can be expected to do an extra $500,000 at the boxoffice as a

mountain Righiwavs. The famous old Crystal Bar in Virginia city,

one "of 14 guzzle emporiums, 'took in more than $8000 cash in half a day. Reno, where all the visitors spent the night, did a lot better. I'm told that the Bank Club, largest gambling palace, gobbled up. a cool $75,000 through - its wheels and blackjack dealers, At least $300,000 is supposed to have been spent in the city in 24 hours. You’d be surprised to know how difficult it was to make all arrangements for the world premiere of “Virginia ony and incidental goings-on. Re Presniatived of the studio worke the scene for two months to correlate arrangements.

result of this splurge introduction.

The city of Reno laid $10,000 on the line as part payment for the special trains which flooded the place with visitors. Virginia City, being small, made no cash contribution, but it did make some expensive preparations. ; ‘Both towns came! out all right, even though the throng (about 35,0000 was smaller than expected, due to storms over the

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