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THE KOKOMO TRIBUNE, SATURDAY, MARCH 30, 1935 AUTHOR BLAMES Which Is Princess? Both, Because Princess Is Twins FIVE IP If A TF lu MATE Bedford-Jones Tells Court He Was Driven to Verge of Suicide by Quarrels Chicago, March Bedford-Jones, author of many a stirring magazine romance, today unfolded a tale of an unhappy married life with wife number one ofrm the witness stand in federal court. His testimony was designed to aid his present mate, Mrs. Mary Bernadin Bedford-Jones, in the $200,000 alienation of affections suit brought against her by his first spouse, Mrs. Helen Bedford- Jones. The writer, nattily attired in the gray tweeds, described the plaintiff as a nagging, jealous woman a fondness for drink and a penchant for quarreling.

He contended bis first wife's harping drove him "almost frantic" and added: Started to Take Own Life "Once I actually started to take my life. "I finally realized I would have to do my duty. I took out pie of life insurance because the 01 thing I could see to do was to kill myself. "I made all the preparations. But I just as I started.

I thought there BUNKER HILL STUDKNTS BUSY A princess i i i grace i 1 a a a a i a anil a a a a The a i fete. Mil5- 6-11. i see a a Boyer, i a i ncrcr i i i ns i i can't tell One nt was chosen for she unless h'l-r sister could share it. The i was easy, as a look at i will prove. SCHOOL mm CLOSE might be some chance of getting along if we went back to rille, where she would be among friends.

I made the mistake later of telling her about this. That gave a new angle. I was 'utterly insane. 1 Bedford-Jones, his voice frequently trembling with emotion, said the family was in Ann Arbor, when he contemplated self- destruction. Then he etched a later scene in these words: Says Lite Was Terrible "It took her three days to recite my evil deeds.

Before that, she's been able to do it in two. Life was terrible for all of us. The poor kids had a hard time," The author found a solution for his marital troubles on Christmas night, 1928, when he left his Evansville, home, his first wife and their three children. He divorced the following year and then married the former Mrs. Mary Bernadin, widow of an Evansville manufacturer.

His throe children later joined the writer and his second spouse in California and one of them, 20-year-old Helen appeared as a defense wit- WITH MANY COMMENCEMENT ACTIVITIES Bunker Hill, March liO-- The closing days of the school year at Bunker Hill are very busy. The seniors are practicing for their play, "Sour Grapes Club" which is to be given Friday. April 12 at p. m. in the high school auditorium.

The unior-senior banquet will be Saturday evening, April 20. The baccalaureate is on Sun da afternoon at 2:30 o'clock, April 21, in the Baptist church. Rev. Louis who Bean will deliver the message. Commencement will be on Mon- PARAMOUNT A rib-rocking' mystery thriller that dispenses laughs and suspense in equal measure, is offered by Fox Film in "The Great Hotel Murder," which starts its engagement Premier tonight and Sunday, Monday.

Tuesday and Wednesday at the Paramount, theater. Edmund Lowe and Victor Mc- Laglen, buffoons who have appeared jointly in eight pictures since they were spot-lighted in "What Price Glory," are co- featured in this comedy drama. They portray two sleuths, one a polished writer oC murder stories tries his amateur hand at solving real murders, and other a heavy-footed and equally hefty' rained hotel "dick" out to outdo Sherlock Holmes. When a sinister occurs ness today. Helen enhanced the day's dramatics by referring to her mother's "constant and then professing she loved her.

During an intermission she gave the first Mrs. Bedford-Jones a kiss. Both Women Watch Witness. Bedford- Jones, tall and handsome, was still in the box when court adjourned until Monday. Both wives watched him closely, the first twisting a handkerchief in her hands and the second maintaining an easy composure.

The author's recital covered life in Evansville and Ann Arbor and trips abroad. He said All's. Bernadin had made no unseemly overtures in his direction in the period immediately prior to his departure from home. He said his first mate had once invited Mrs. Bernadin to accompany them on a trip to Chicago.

Asked by his attorney if he had heard. Mrs. Bernadin say in the presence of his frist wife "if your bores you, why not divorce he he replied in the negative. He admitted he had seen the in Chicago late in 1928 and explained he had gone there to visit a sick friend, W. W.

Cook. Broke Author's Friendships. The author said his wife's jealousy had jeopardized his early married life and claimed he had informed her that "unless she stopped nagging I would leave her." A deposition from Charles Vivian, London editor, set forth the first Mrs. Bedford-Jones had been "incapably drunk" on one occasion ed "she broke every friend- Bedford-Jones ever and set forth "he has endured ten times as much as I would." Helen Bedford-Jones declared her father didn't have opportunity to "say anything" when her mother was. "constantly nagging" and lapsing into "tantrums." She quoted the writer as obse; ring to her; "well, honey, we'r going to get out of this one of these days." Bedford-Jones is 49; wife No 1 54; wife No.

2, 49. BOY FOUND DEAD IN ALLEY BELIEVED TRUCK VICTIM Indianapolis, March 2.1.-- -The body of a four-year-old boy found lying: in an alley here today, and police investigation indicated he may have ia.llen beneath a wheel of a coal truck. The dead child was Jack Kemper, 4 i of the assistant manager of an insurance company. A playmate. Virginia Bronson.

5, found the body, and her screams attracted a passing motorist. The girl told officers she and Jack and another boy had been playing in the alley, and that the other boy told her Jack had hopped a passing truck and fallen under a wheel. enemies, one day, April 22, at p. m. in the high I school auditorium.

Rev. K. Home will be the speaker. The graduates this year arc. Max-j these friendly ine Bevington.

Charles Bussard. 1 hcory. the other opposed Laura Cain. Erman Campbell, Lois! theories, follow a hundred Childers, Mary Gene and i over every chic The Franklin Clyrner. Florence DeMoss, Jan Donaldson, Dorothy Downs, Delbert Engel, William" Erbaugh, Jean Wilma Gottsohalk, Clifford Graft, Dorothea Grepke.

Reuben Hollenback, Sara Isler, Relna Lees, Esther Loo, Mildred Logan, Marcella Long, Virginia McCafferty, Mary Mclntosh, Raymond Poff, Ernia Prather, Maynard Doris ting is a do luxe hotel. The key to the mystery ir, held in the delicate hands of a young beauty. Fine comedy alternates with tense emotion. Praise has followed "The Great Hotel Murder," everywhere. It was adapted Vincent StarrettV; "Recipe For Murder," IRICK IS.

SENTENCED Wiltshire, which appeared in Rod Book Magazine, and was signalized as a fine I example of murder mysteries, There is said to bo a vanload of throbs and thrills, chuckles and guffaws, in this story of rival de- getting in each other's LOCAI, MAN GIVEN TERM IN PRISON ON CHARGE OF HAVING STOLJEN CORN William Irick 2401 North Buckeye street, who was arrester! on a. larceny charge after being caught with some allegedly stolen corn, received a one to five year sentence Friday from Judge Joseph Herron in circuit court. Irick entered a plea of guilty to the charge. 'Mrs. Pearl Wells Cook, of the same address, who was with him at the time and whom police say participated in the theft, was also charged with larceny.

Judge Herron said he would rule in her case Saturday at 1:30 o'clock. He also deferred ruling in the case of James Long, Indianapolis charged with receiving stolen property from several Negro women shoplifters, who were caught here several weeks ago. W. Middletoii Baptist Church There will be no service at the Baptist church West Middleton Sunday. The regular'meeting day being the first Sunday in the month, there will be an all day service beginning at 11 o'clock on Sunday.

April 7, with a basket dinner at noon. tectives ways. In the supporting cast are such talents as Ames, Mary Carlisle, Henry O'Neill, C. Henry Gordon, William Janney, Charles C. Wilson, John Wray, John Qualen, Herman Bing, Madge Bellamy, Robert Gleckler, and Clarence H.

Wilson. It is a John Stone Production, directed by Eugene Fordo. COLONIAL Whatever changes take place in picture as in the world in general, one problem remains-the eternal question: "What shall the ladies wear?" Sometimes, as in the big musicals, the problem assumes an aggravated form. Here the trouble is wholesale. In "Sweet Adeline." the Warner Bros, production showing at the Colonial theater Monday and Tuesday, Irene Dunne, the star, has thirteen changes of costume, while fifty-four dancing girls have six changes each, a neat little total of three hundred and thirty-seven gowns.

Nine other principals in the cast have an average of seven changes each, another sixty-three. Add to this the three changes of fifty male dancers and the single changes of sixteen "bit" play- i ers and the grand total explains why the Warner Bros, wardrobe BEAUTIES COVER THE WATERFRONT Mrs. Mary O'Dea Dies Brazil, March 29--(fl-Mrs. Mary M. O'Dea, 64, sister of the late Jerry Mugivan, circus executive, is dead of injuries re- ived.

in an automobile accident a days ago. A resident of Terre iiaute, she was riding in an automobile driven by her son. Michael, when it collided with a car driven by Dennis Aellng of Centerpolnt. She died in a hospital here yesterday. SLASHED CCAL PRICES South Side Lumber Goal department's 150 seamstresses and tailors were an busy crew i this production.

One costume that Irene tains 150 yards of net and represents a cost of $700. In the a i "Swing Song" it was i to use sixty girls, but only 1750 yards of the starched chiffon was available. When i dresses were a of i i yards each, the was exhausted. Supporting Miss are Dona Hugh Herbert, Ned Sparks, Joseph Cawthorn, Louis Calhern, i i Shaw, Dorothy Dare snd many others. Mervyn LeKoy directed the i i ensembles staged by Bobby Con- The music a iyrics arc? by Jerome Kern a Oscar Hammerstein IT.

The screen play is by Erwin S. Gclsey. WOOD Bing Crosby's talent for comedy, which has been receiving more and more attention in each of his recent pictures, is accorded its just due in his new picture "Here Is My Heart" which corne-s to the Wood Sunday, Monday and Tuesday. Supported by a cast that includes Kitty Carlisle 1 Alison Skipworth, Roland Young and Reginald Owen, Crosby not only warbJes his way to triumph with his unique singing voice but contributes a real comedy performance. The story is about a millionaire crooner in search of He falls seriously and incurably in love at the first sight of an expatriated Russian princess.

The princess, though she has lost money and position, still retains her attitude of frosty hauteur, and it is Crosby's problem to chip the ice off her surface and i the nice girl he if, certain is concealed beneath. An amusing, deftly written story, good music and an excellent cast have been welded into this show. HOTE COMPMflLD The Courtland Hotel Company, owners of the hotel property in North Main street for the past 20 years, has bought out the Kokomo Hotel company, the operating com- headed by M. W. O'Rourk, and will take over active management of the business Sunday.

The transaction, announced Friday night, was the course chosen by the two parties in preference to having a receiver appointed. Clifford D. Tucker, clerk and auditor of the Courtland for the past 13 years, has been selected as manager upon the recommendation of Mr. O'Rourk. Mr.

and Mrs. O'Rourk will go to Chicago within the nex-t two weeks, as soon as they can straighten out business and personal matters. Mr. O'Rourk has two business connections under consideration in Chicago. Mr.

O'Rourk and the Kokomo Hotel company began operation of the property in 1921. In 1929 they sold their interests to a group headed by W. E. Hawk who managed the hotel until last June when Mr. O'Rourk was again placed in the management by the Courtland Hotel Co.

BIG ROBBERY PLOT AND PRISON BREAK FOILED beaut a te a Yort hen pl ot ra hers encountered (Associated Press Photos) TM a at Boston, March T. Tyman, Massachusetts commissioner or correction, late today exposed a plot which would have delivered five prisoners from the Norfolk prison colony. Lyman sard the plot was engineered by out-of- state gunmen. A planned reign of terror in Massachusetts involving robberies of payrolls' of corporations and the use of high explosives apparently was foiled, Lyman said, through the frustration of the plot. Chemical formulas for high explosives and photostatic copies of names and payrolls of corporations scbduled to be robbed, Commission- Lyman revealed, were found in the possession of the prisoners.

Homecoming and Anniversary. The Hillsdale United Brethren church will hold its sixth anniversary day program on April 7, with observances at both morning and afternoon services. Bishop H. H. D.

bishop of the northwest area of the United Brethren actress, dancer abroad' church win be the uest speaker. A basket dinner will be served and la good program has been planned. Attractions at Local Theaters INDIANA Today. "Casino -Murder Case," with Paul Lukay cast. Premier 10:30 Tonight, and Sunday, IMonday, Tuesday.

"Roberta," with Irene Dunne and Ginger Rogers. Friday, Saturday. "McFadden's Flats," with Andy Clyde and Walter Kelly. Coming Sunday. "Mississippi," with Bing Crosby and W.

ISIS Today. "Captain Hurricane," with. Helen Mack arul James Monday, Tuesday. "Murder on a Honeymoon," with James Gleason and Edna May Oliver. Wednesday, Thursday.

"I'll L.OVC Yau Always," with Nancy Carroll and George Murphy. Friday, Saturday. "People's Enemy," with Preston Foster ana Melvyn Douglas. Coming Sunday. "One New York Night." with Franchol.

Tone and Una Merkcl. SU'JK Today. Buck Jones hi "Desert Vengeance." Also Chapter 2 "Law of the Wild." Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Ann Harding and Robert Montgomery in "Biography of a Bachelor Girl." Wednesday, Thursday. "The Sliver Streak," with Blane and Charles Sterrett.

Friday, Saturday. "Law-less Frontier," with Wayne. Also Chapter 3 "La the Wild." Coming Sunday. "David Copperlicld," with all star cast. IN $200,000 HEART BALM SUIT AUTO DAMAGE SUIT ENDS WHEN DEFENDANT APPEARS Anderson, March A suit for damages resulting from an automobile collision.

Tiled by Jesse Hoppes, came to i a in superior court today. Hoppes took look at Kox i a named and said 7 2 3 i a been inadtf, a "White head not in the The suit. dismissed. Wallpaper. Phone DARE, 5342 A $200,000 alienation or affections suit i liy Mrs.

Helen Bcclforcl- Joncs i first i of Henry Bedford-Jones (center), novelist, against Mrs. Mary Bedford-Jones second wife of writer was tried in federal court in Chicago because the principals reside different states. (Associated Press Phot OF) GETS FARM SENTENCE Sally John of LOCAJ, COLORED MAN WITH RECORD SENT UI 30 DAYS FOR ASSAULT, BATTEKY PARAMOUNT Today. Double Bill: Mona Barrio and Gilbert Roland in "Mystery a.nd of the Kill." I'remicr Tonight and Sunday, Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday. and Victor Mc- Laglen in "The Great Hotel 1 Starting Thursday fur 10 Days.

Will Rogers in "Life Begins at 40." COLONIAL Saturday and Sunday. Wheeler and Wooisey in "Kentucky Kernels." Monday and Tuesday. Irene Dunne and Hugh Herbert in "Sweet Adeline." Wednesday and Thursday. May Robson and Carol Lombard by Choice." Friday, Saturday, Sunday. Wallace Beery In "The Mighty Barnum." WOOD Today.

Ken Maynard in "Range Law." Sunday, Monday, Tuesday. Bing Crosby and Kitty Carlisle in "Here Is My Heart." Wednesday, Thursday. "Million Dollar Ransom," with Phillips Holmes and Edward Arnold. Friday, Saturday. Ken Ma.ynard in "Wheels of Destiny." Also Chapter 1 of "Hustlers of Red Dog." Coming Sunday, "Merry Wives ol Reno," with Guy Kibbee and Glenda Fan-ell.

COURTLAND MANAGEMENT TO I BE CHANGED SUNDAY; O'ROURK LEAVING I "BUSS" MEYERS and his ORCHESTRA plus FJLOOR SHOW SUNDAY NITE HOMER CONWELL! and his "TROUBADORS" SAT. SUN. PER PERSON Stags Admitted Sunday MELODY CLUB Harry Pay ton, 23, colored, was fined $1 and costs and sentenced to 30 days on the penal farm in city court Friday afternoon, when Judge Grover Bishop found him guilty of assault and battery. Pay ton, who has a considerable criminal record here, and who recently returned from a long term in prison for drawing a dangerous weapon, was accused by Jack Elliott, colored, of having struck him when the latter attempted to break up a fight between Payton and Payton's wife on Elliott's premises. Pay ton has had frequent difficulties with the police.

of the Democratic party from 1910 i 1916, He was never a a i date for public oflice. i He is survived by the widow and two sons, Bernard, and "Paul Korbly; a sister, Mrs. Mary B. McNutt, and a brother. Charles! Korbly, former member of gross from Indiana and now living! in Maryland near Washington.

I Slashed Fence Prices DYE LUMBER CORPORATION i TODAY and SUNDAY Heeler Wooisey with M.YIIV C.YIiJ.lSJ.K and NOAH BliKKY "KENTUCKY KERNELS" ShunlirT and i i in t'ciul i love and kisses, music dancing! i A KKAL FUN RIOT Alsu-- EL ERENDEL i "WHAT NO MEN" lirnuchva.v brevity, all color MONDAY and TUESDAY IRENE DUNNE "SWEET ADELINE" FORMER STATE CHAIRMAN OF DEMOCRATS EXPIRES Indianapolis, March -Bernard Korbly, for many years prominent in Democratic politics in i Indiana, died today at his home' here. Funeral services will be held tomorrow afternoon with burial in Crown Hill cemetery. Korbly served as state chairman TUES. Those singing sweethearts--Singing 1935's song hits! BING CROSBY IN A ROLLICKING COMEDY ROMANCE SET TO MUSIC THAT DOES THINGS TO YOU! with Alison Skipworth Roland Young: Reginald Owen TODAY KEN MAYNARD "RANGE LAW" Big Pictures, Small Prices Ji TIMES TODAY 8 "MYSTERY WOMAN' nml Matinees til 6 p. m.

I5c l'iidren "GLORY of the KILL" PREMIER WED. 00W1 TIE Ames Mary Htnry C'ltefi! tteirv Gordon Pnductd by Jtdin Stem Forde Staty by Vincent Sarmt Added Papa" and "Hollywood Movie Parade" STARTING THURSDAY FOR 10 DAYS OF LAUGHS! RICHARD CROMWELL A I JANE DARWEIL SLIM SUMMERVItlE TODA "CASINO MURDER CASE" with PAUL JLUKAS FINAL SHOWING 0:30 P. M. BUCK JONES Captain Hurricane" with HELEN MACK CREIGHTON CHANEY "Desert Vengeance" Also Chapter 2 "LAW OF THE WILD" PREMIER 10:30 TONITE 2 SHOWS--1 PRICE COME EARLY! It WILL GIVE TUES. There arc surprises galore, thrill following thrill.

"Roberta" blazes its own brilliant trial to give you something altogether and gloriously 5 Big Stars Bring You This Happy Comedy Hit: TWO CRIME I GUMMED UP SOLVING A with-IRENE DUNNE FRED ASTAIRE GINGER ROGERS DUE TO THE LENGTH OF T.HIS PICTURE NO SHORT SUBJECTS WILL BE SHOWN EXCEPT THE NEWS REEL Randolph Scott DON'T MISS THIS ONE! EDNA Ml OLIVER a JAMES GLEASONl LOLA Regular Engagement Starts SUNDAY FIRST-RTJiSr PICTURES Adults Child'n.