Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 April 1940 — Page 24
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Var iety to Stage Show For Children’s Aid and To Set Up Serum Depo
Funds; to Be Rajsed With Production at Lyric
Early i in May. The Indianapolis Variety Club today announced it will present a charity show early in| | May at the Lyric Theater.
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Industries Inventor Made Possible Represented At Luncheon.
Representatives of the industries made possible by Thomas Alva Edi-
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i: [son gathered at a luncheon yester-
“Finds raised in the project will =
be used 'to purchase equipment to aid under privileged school children and also to finance the inauguration of a convalescent serum center diana University Medical
industry. The os was founded to aid in charitable enterprises. | Marc |J. Wolf, chief barker of the
Variety Club, announced that the|
equipment for school| children will be housed in the School Board building at Meridian and Ohio streets. - The ‘equipment will aid in the training of children handicapped in various ways—visual defects, loss of hearing, lack of speech, defective speech| or physical handicaps. It also will assist school.officials in vo- ' cational guidance work. The | contribution to the Medical Center will result in the immediate establishment of the convalescent serum | station and may eventually lead tg an experimental blood bank for the state. In the statement, Mr. Wolf said
‘made from blood taken from who have recovered from diseases such as scarlet | measles, infantile paralysis,
Mare J. Wolf. . .i. Serum center will serve ali Indiana physicians,
blood on hand, at all times, available to Indiana doctors for use when transfusions are needed.” Dr. W. D. Gatch, dean {of the Indiana University School : Medicine, announced today that he had approved | the acceptance [of the funds and that he had appointed Dr. Matthew Winters, chairman of the medical school department of pediatrics, as head of a committee to supervise the establishment of the seru center. Dr. Winters, he said, will announce the names of the other, members of the committee in a short time. The Variety Club has been in existence here for six years. It has taken part, in other charitable enterprises land in 1933, staged a giant show for thé relief of flood sutere The ‘show in May will probably bei a midnight performance, said Mr. Wolf. | The use of the theater is | being donated by Charles M. Olson, 0 operator of the Lyric. As=
sisting Mr, Wolf in the |arrange-
ments Vaughn Richardson.
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Beauties of Song"
A NEW
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E (day at the Columbia Club on the
occasion of the presentation of a
[plaque commemorating his stay in
Indianapolis in 1864-65. | The luncheon -was arranged by Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer and Loew's Theater, which opens today with “Young Tom Edison,” the movie about the inventor's early life, star=ring Mickey Rooney.
Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker and A. G. Dudley, local superintendent of the Western Union Telegraph Co.
worked at the Union Station.for the telegraph company. During this time he was “graduated” from || “young plug” to “first class man” and became a full-fledged telegraph operator.
Lived in N. Alabama St.
According to O. K. Van Ausdall | of the Ediphone Co. here, who| spoke at the luncheon and knew Mr. Edison personally, the inventor thought he lived, as near as he could remember, “in the 800 or 900 block on N. Alabama St.”
er & Light Co. vice president, was toastmaster at the luncheon. He said Mr. Edison worked’in the biiilding on the site of the present Illi-| nois Building and later moved to the Union Station. Mr. Van Ausdall recounted some experiences with Mr. Edison. Ii particular he remembered his firs meeting with Mr. Edison, who at that time was already quite deaf. He said he asked Mr. Edison why, “with all the inventions you've made, you have never invented any+ thing to enable you to hear better.”
‘Don’t Want to Hear!’
He said Mr. Edison replied: “Don’t want to hear! Don’t want to hear! Hear too much already!” As a matter of fact, Mr. Van Ausdall said, Mrs. Edison had often remarked ‘that it was a fortunate thing Mr. Edison could not hear because it helped him concentrate §0
“much better.
Mr. Dudley spoke from the view-
HOLLYWOOD
HOLLYWOOD, April 12.—Cecil
has enhanced the producer's presti Other evening, while visiting
to say her prayers. but that it didn’t seem to do any good. Mr. DeMille’s said he’s rehearse the youngster himself and went to the nursery. With great dramatic feeling .he began to intone: “Now I lay me down to deep;
“I pray the Lord my soul—” The kneeling Cecilia, hands
clasped, face turned beautifully heavenward, interrupted with a station announcement: ; “This is the voice of Cecil B. DeMille, coming to you from Hollywood ... NOW go on, grandpa.”
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After the luncheon, the plaque] was unveiled at Union Station by||
During 1864 and 1865 Mr. Edison ||
Wallace O. Lee, Indianapolis Pow-
» [sell E. Campbell, representing May- | lor Reginald Sullivan.
lt Wasn't That Young Cecilia Wasn't Devout—She Had to Get in a Commercial
God’—which prompted Charles Laughton to exclaim “How cozy!” —
was told that his 4-year-old granddaughter, Cecilia, was flatly refusing Her explanation was that she had tried praying,
THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES Memory of Thomas A. Edison, Who Worked Here in 80's, Honored at Plaque Unveiling
| honoring Thomas Alva Edison.
FRIDAY, APRIL 12, 2940
A. G. Dudley, Western Union superintendent here, and Lieut. | Gov. Henry F. Schricker. . . . The company for whom he worked here | and the officialdom of the State where he made his home join in
point of the Western Union Co. {He said it was while in the employment of the company that Mr. Edison discovered the theory of: sending more than one message at a time over the same telegraph wire. It also was during this time that he invented the ticker machine. {Mr. Dudley said the company asked Mr. Edison how much he wanted for [the invention,
Afraid Price Too High
Mr. Edison is supposed to have hesitated because hg was afraid the price he had in mind, $3000, was too much and would be turned down. e asked the company to name a figure. They said they wanted it for $40,000 and Mr. Edison “almost fainted,” Mr. Dudley said. Other speakers were W. T. Thayer of the General Electric Co. and Rus-
Guests included Jack Albershardt and Guernsey Van Riper of the State Publicity Bureau; Harry Schmidt, Indianapolis Convention Bureau; C. I. Kenney and H. W. Spooner of the Ford Motor Co.; Pred Willis, Firestone Co.; Miss Blanche Mitchell, Pearson Co.; L. L. Dickerson, City Librarian; James T. Hamill, Kiwanis Club president; Mrs. Clayton Ridge, Women’s De-
By PAUL HARRISON
DeMille’ s admitted “one-ness” with
ige within his own family. his daughter's home, Mr. DeMille
triumph at the fadeout. He always just folded up his umbrella and went back to Topeka. But in “Brother Orchid,” he he gets the girl, Ann Sothern, at that. True, he catches her on the rebound, because all during ‘the picture she’s crazy about Edward Robinson and goes to Bel, lamy only when Robinson goes into a monastery to raise dahlias. However, Bellamy is very pleased with this turn in his career.
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In one of the Brown Derby booths, a green little actress and 1 an admirer were finishing a quarrel. “Okay,” said the man, with afshrug in his voice. “But if you think you're married to your art, why don’t you try suing it for non-support?”
CHAMBER MUSIC FESTIVAL IS SET
Times Special ~ WASHINGTON, * April 12.— The ninth chamber music festival conducted by the Elizabeth Sprague Coolidge Foundation will be held on April 12, 13 and 14 in the Coolidge Auditorium, Library of Congress.
Included among new compositions to be heard will be three works commissioned by the Foundation. The composers are Ildebrando Pizzetti, {Marcel Berezowsky. World premieres or first American performances of music by Malipiero, Bartok, Jerzy Fitelberg, David Stanley Smith, Arnold Bax and Frank Bridges, also will be given.
JANE IS FILMLAND'S 'PET OWNING' CHAMP
HOLLYWOOD, April 12 (U, P.). —Jane Withers is Hollywood's “pet owning champion,” the American Society of Pet Owners announced today. Her pets include four dogs, two horses, six pheasants, four doves, two ‘rabbits, one parrot, four cats, one white canary, three turtles, six guinea hens, two turkeys, rooster, four ducklings, 24®chickens, 13 ducks and 187 tropical fish.
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First Indiana Di vias Chas. Starrett “Bullets for Rustlers” ‘Beverly Roberts “BURIED ALIVE” plus “DRUMS of FU MANCHU”—Late News
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It’s Sensational — All the Town Is Talking About the Greater Olympia
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partment Club president; Mrs. Charles D. Vawter, Indianapolis Council ‘of Women, and Mrs. T. W. Demmerly of the Seventh District Federation of Clubs. :
Farrar, Willman Are Hosts
Others were Mrs. David Ross, Photoplay Indorsers of Indiana president; Miss Marie T. Lauck, Legion of Decency; Miss Edna E. Olsen of the Thomas A. Edison| School; Mrs. J. W. Moore, Seventh District Federation of Clubs president; Mrs. George L. Clark, Indianapolis Council, P.-T. A. president; Mrs. Henry Ostrom, Women’s Rotary Club; Miss Ruth Hoover, Business and Professional Women's Club; Mrs. James Ruddell, Indianapolis Women’s Club; Mrs. W. D. Keenan, Indiana Federation of Clubs; Frank Sharp, WFBM; C. A. McLaughlin, WIBC; Gene. Pulliam Jr., WIRE, and Dan C. Hess, Indianapolis Power & Light Co. Hosts were L, Ward Farrar, Loew’s manager, and Wade W. Willman of M-G-M.
| Albany, Ga., Comes Back
| Celebrates Quick Recovery “From Storm Disaster.
ALBANY, Ga., April 12 (U.P). — Albany (population 12,112) was recovering today from the grandest
| splurge of its history.
It saw, among other things, 24 dogs, attired in evening dress, sitting in front row seats at the world premiere of a motion picture. State officials, Mayors, motion pic ture stars and New York reporters
—25 of the latter were brought here |:
at the expense of Paramount Pictures to sit in judgment of a film entitled, “The Biscuit Eater”—had
‘|a rear view of the dogs in person
and a head-on view of the same dogs on the screen. This rather weird arrangement lasted but a short time for the dogs had to be removed after one fight and much barking. The premiere climaxed a day most eventful in local history. ‘To celebrate the world premiere and to illustrate the civic pride which permitted a quick recovery from the tornado disaster, the city also held a parade, opened the Georgia-Florida state baseball season, gave a barbecue and arrested a suspected pickpocket. Since breeding pointers and rearing baseball players seem to exceed even pecan and peanut growing in interest for Georgians, celebration of the combined historic events crowded the facilities of the bars and hotels until early this morning,
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AUTHOR SUES GINGER '|2 $150,000 suit filed against them
and R-K-O Studio by Lawrence E. HOLLYWOOD, April 12 (U. PB). Semen, English author. He charged —Ginger Rogers and David Niven,
that the picture, “Bachelor Mother,” British actor, were named today in his play, “Club Baby.”
1 which’ they had acted, infringed _Remember! it Starts TODAY!
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IN HIS NEWEST HIT
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everybody
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