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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Aug 30, 1930
Page
12
Miss Mary Anderson head of the labor department women's bureau argues against discharging women to create work for men amid unemployment. She urges a shorter work day and says women, married or single, are needed in wage earning ranks and must have the right to keep their jobs.
In Douglas on August 30 United Press reports that the native Manx language is failing under tourist invasion. With over 500,000 visitors yearly, only a few terms survive such as balla for farm, shens for mountains and cur righs for bogs, a decline since roaming Celts brought it ashore.
The two day joint convention of the Junior Order of United American Mechanics and Daughters of America closed Friday in Denison. LeRoy Smock of Terre Haute won the state councilor post for the junior order and Mrs. Pearl Taylor was installed as state councilor of the women's group succeeding retiring councilor Mrs. Anna Malcolm.
Merle Remley of Waynetown has been promoted by State Police Chief Robert T. Humes from state policeman to lieutenant effective Monday. He will fill the vacancy left by Lieutenant Rossen B. Funk of New Albany and move into the gasoline tax department auditor post after seven years on the force.
Lawrence Tibbett warmed up with an opening song for The New Moon at Metro-Goldwyn-Mayer studios and struggled with Gypsy lyrics. General Theo Dodi, the technical expert, pressed for corrections while Tibbett quipped about pronunciation. In Warsaw Indiana a $1 reward was posted for every operating slot machine by Mayor Lewis J Bibler and Chief Judd Pittenger.
The veteran star shunned publicity and kept his domestic life private. He lived quietly in Beverly Hills, built and sold houses, and enjoyed fishing with his wife and friends. Chaney rarely appeared without makeup and resisted publicizing his private affairs, preferring a low profile despite Hollywood intrigue. He valued puzzles, music, and amateur photography, and started as an extra riding a horse for five dollars a day. He died with a personal fortune about 1.5 million and a weekly salary of five thousand.
Estell Mc Laughlin of Calhoun Kentucky said two box car tramps robbed him of fifty dollars and shirts while he rode a refrigerator car toward home. The incident occurred between Indianapolis and Terre Haute as he traveled on a freight train to save railroad fare. In a separate incident a Mass farmhand died when a wagon was bolted by a bee stinging the horse.
Indiana highway leaders, including Governor Harry G. Leslie, plan a one day monster good roads meeting in Dale to celebrate new paved road segments on state Road 62 and press for complete hard surfacing on the Leavenworth to Corydon stretch. The event expects about 15 000 attendees and centers on Albert J. Wedeking.
Six young men were jailed after police arrested them at a pan concert on Friday night at Meridian and Tenth streets. The arrestees include Thornton Lamont 30 James Reeves 18 Joseph Rucker 24 Ernest Brown 19 Jerry Daniels 16 and Robert Mailes 18.
About 500 persons attended the Tenth Ward Republican Club rally Friday night at 2500 Prospect Street where county ticket candidates spoke. An orchestra provided entertainment. A Warren township and Irvingston Republican Clubs rally was announced for Sept 10 at the Cumberland community house.
Ruth Alexander, holder of a women's altitude record, aims a nonstop coast to coast flight on Sunday from Vancouver to Agua Caliente, attempting a wheelless crossing across the United States.
Third annual home coming closes with a gala carnival at the North and Rochester streets grounds. Harry George wins speed contests at a nearby track amid overflow crowds. festivities run under C. C. Woolery, league trustees chair.
In Aurora Illinois August 30 W. W. Church aged 102 was at a picnic when a constable arrived to serve him a jury summons. The elderly man reportedly dislikes staying home and did not report for jury duty.
English's opens this morning with continuous showings of the foreign picture Birth. A private audience last night invited doctors nurses and others. Ladies sit on the first floor and men on the second during the engagement.
The Boys' Club camp entered its second day with 170 boys enrolled and a 5:30 a m reveille. Purdue University director W Robert Amick leads the camp as instructors assist in judging tours and city trips during the week. Eligibility includes youths with livestock exhibits or judging entries at the fair.
Fire swept the Dinner Bell barbecue on the National road east of Indianapolis Friday noon, destroying the building and causing an estimated $5,000 in losses reported by owner Charles Loenges. The blaze began as tar was melted in the kitchen and boiled over, with spontaneous combustion linked to the nearby Charley’s restaurant causing an additional $25 damage at 144 East Ohio Street.
Funeral services will be at 2 Sunday afternoon in Monrovia for Harrison Shields 70 an auctioneer who died Friday Burial is in West Union cemetery Monrovia He was a member of the Odd Fellows lodge Survived by his widow and two sons Clare and Chester Shields both of Monrovia
Roy Mack finishes the Vitaphone Varieties comedy featuring Walter Winchell with Madge Evans Mona Moray Margaret Wells Helen Dodge and Florence Auer in the cast. Wallace Sullivan authored the screenplay. The film portrays Winchell as a newspaper man.
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