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Newspaper
Indianapolis Times
Location
Indianapolis, Indiana, United States of America
Date
Dec 11, 1929
Page
3
In London on December 11 Lady Astor again demonstrated quick wit in a Commons debate on the unemployment insurance bill. Repeatedly called to order for irrelevance she refused to wander from the point as Laborite George Buchanan pressed her at closing remarks.
A wave of robberies and assaults persisted despite police roundups. Cab drivers were robbed and beaten by two to three gunmen, with one suspect wounded after a hail of bullets near Herman Kelso shop. Other losses include a lunch wagon, apartment valuables, and a downtown hotel theft. Detectives pursued suspected automobile thieves after confrontations with officers. A Bolivia train derailment near Tupize injured ten seriously and seven more bruised.
A dense ledger of NBC system programs and concert orchestras airing across Chicago, Detroit, Cleveland, Pittsburgh, Nashville, and more. Listings include WABC, WEAF, WGN, WTAM, KYW, WLS, WJZ, KDKA, and WDAF among others with time slots from evening through late night.
Radio timetable for WFBM Indianapolis listing evening programs from 5:00 PM through 3:45 AM including Wheeler city mission, CBS shows, local ensembles, broadcasts on NBC CBS and partners, weather, market reports, and live performances by organists and bands.
A compact schedule listing 4:15 Toyland comes to life, 4:45 News flashes, 7:00 Kay Jewelry Rhythm Kings, 7:30 Kruse Harmony Trio, 8:00 Crescent Little Symphony, 8:00 Wilking Music Company, 29 30 Pascuale Montani.
Local list shows 700 WLW Cincinnati daily program lineup from 4:00 PM to 12:00 AM with NBC features, university talks, live orchestras, and variety acts. An unclear line reads are Dees time announcement sign om, suggesting an omitted note about a time cue.
Daylight events list activities from 7:00 a.m. to 2:30 p.m. including Dramatic and literary interpretation with Arthur Rae at 9:00, Aunt Sammy how-to at 10:00, Spay Club at noon, Silent period 11:15 to 12, Columbia Farm Community Network at noon, Patterns in prints and Farm topics on CBS, and Columbia ensemble and information segments at 2:00 and 2:30. The Aztecs feature is noted under 2:30.
The listing shows time blocks from 5:30 to 7:30 featuring Top of the Mornin, Orean program, exercise session, and a morning devotion hosted by 00 spe Kershner. An additional 5:00 Crosley segment includes music, household hints, and instructional talks.
Radio listings reveal a Thursday schedule across NBC and Columbia networks including W4Z Manhetters to KWEK KDKA WJR WEN NBC Systen WEAF Betty rocker remem Household in stitute Noon Day Club Central Farm and home hour U S Army band to WRC WLW WJR WEAF La Fayette Callec Glee Cit for varied time blocks 9:06 to 3:30.
Kathryn Carver leaves Paris for New York denying divorce rumors involving Adolph Menjou. Menjou, recently discharged after an appendicitis operation, will travel to Monte Carlo to recuperate. Carver and Menjou travel with plans for the White Star liner Olympic. W L Stribling and Mrs Stribling also booked to sail aboard the same vessel.
A Moscow dispatch reports Professor Obrucheff leading an expedition that found extensive gold deposits in Yakutsk region between the Indigirka and Kolima rivers. The area spans about 450 miles by 350 miles and promises vast riches.
Seven nurses on duty at the Washington county hospital near Willsboro Oregon guided twenty five patients to safety as fire swept through the two story building. They calmed panicked patients wrapped them in blankets and led them through smoke to doorways while motorists joined firefighters in rescue efforts. The hospital was destroyed and at least twenty five people were saved from the blaze.
Major General Joseph Howard Poett, 71, a native of California, died in Bath England on Tuesday night. He served with distinction in the British army during World War I and was mentioned five times in dispatches.
The Happy Wonder Bakers will host Mendelssohn Glee Club, one of the oldest male singing societies, on NBC Wednesday night at 7 30 with WFBM and Columbia systems carrying the program. Bernhard Levitow and his Commodore Ensemble perform Ruy Blas overture L Apprenti Sorcier and Katinka selections. An orchestra directed by Andy Sannella offers Grieg and Paris melodies on NBC at 8. Dolores Cassinelli and Frank Vagnoni present El Tango Romantico on NBC Wednesday at 8.
Gustave Haenschen directs the Palmolive hour ensemble with Olive Palmer Elizabeth Lennox Paul Oliver and the Revelers on NBC Wednesday at 8 30 pm Nino Martini sings Bianca Al Paz on Grand Opera concert for WFBM and CBS at 7 pm and Duets in Ernani with the quartet Martini also performs Tu Se Ernani Verdi A Neapolitan Nights NBC program features Italian Neapolitan songs at 9 pm Kolster Hour on WMAQ and CBS at 9 pm includes Ben Selvin conducting an orchestra A Rochester Civic Orchestra NBC program at 9 30 pm opens with a symphonic poem inspired by an injury Show Boat Maybelle Hank Simmons and his troupe present The Senator's Daughter a four act radio comedy on WOWO and CBS at 10 pm with Phil Maher and Harry C Browne producing
The debate turns comic as Lady Astor retorts that she dislikes rebukes from a chairman who has been carried out feet foremost, highlighting the era's sharp parliamentary exchanges and gendered tension in the chamber.
Housing ads detail multiple rooms and small apartments in Bellefontaine and nearby streets. Includes heated rooms, private homes, meals, and private baths with various rents, some with garages, near central avenues and colleges. Various single rooms and 2 to 3 room suites listed with heat and hot water included.
Several house listings show rents and features. Patterson at 330 West offers a single with garage for 16 dollars. Pratt at 3421 four rooms semi modern with gas and electric lights. Mrs Weber and Mrs Fisher list near 9512 and 2955 with various room counts and conditions. Riverside Drive entries at 11517 and 2803 show six and six plus rooms with double garages and water. Roach at 1244 Riverside offers six rooms with closet details and water for 20.
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