Decatur Daily Democrat, Volume 37, Number 149, Decatur, Adams County, 24 June 1939 — Page 1

I XXXVII. No. 149

Imp-priming Measure soon J TO CONGRESS To Effect Pro To Be Submitted ■ Next Week j ”'"* 21 * <uw ..—A- Il UH.I 111* . .iii. ii iilunii..l t..d,.v UH.,.. .1 imtn»-*ll« t.-ly with J t 940 oo.i business activity .m.i 3 th., national Income But > |<|N>Slt|O|l w.i« ( H linn on It .Il Illi. . . rs majority leader Allen ►• v 1> Ky . atinwitx ..1 .• 'li.lt simple 1. KI-1..1 i.n 111.- 1939 lending plan 1.. introduced In 'h« Ih.ii..- ! ■ next W<»k ll>. I 1 majority l»n«l»r Sam Huy |i lex. will sponsor It . oiialderald. I.k lil .K'.nn will t taken thia year Mi want* action now Io - While I loUSe I.l*l night before l.givlng Park Hut two <n n , .ngu-ssional . ... away grumbling that l< |J. lay adjournment plan* > iiihusia*m l." waa confident the I'initiation would not m.» opposition and could !«• of in less than a week : 'her* told the p ■ *t.|. ■ • that It would not In- p<>* to attach the lending pro 11. the relief hill now aw a approval. comparable ptoiri.iiu a was 14 months ago wh.t Roosevelt rev ived .d depression tactics with hacked by what waa 2 Bled at the time to aggregate W.OtHI.OOO of potential credit to effect the 19.19 would provide tor issue i guaranteed bond* for construction I and highways ’ tailroad equtpui.'i \ rural electrification assistance to tenants tn of farms, shoit and 101.. B--i:i« to foreign g. c of I' S housing resources B foreign I,mH and cxpr-«* - section were und.'i .fi.. I and either might Isg’lini to enactni.-nt Son. were fearful that the act. which forbids <!•• war debtors to bonow in JB'i.:.*! Slates ninik.t min!.' way be weak under terms outline.| *.« Veil but he does foreign defaulters of |-rix.,'- ’ held in th!.- ronin c to borrow arguing that America borrowers w.,. »ums of American c apital he ■■'he Hoover dept I 1...... ■HU are In default ■ du Ims lieetl expi. ss. d - |^B" :|! ‘'ln.-*R ißf >■• to be develop..<l If toll roads I 11. I. n.. IIB’’ 11 " 1 flx,d IB" loans and w..u d . highways with part of a !■""" public w.nk. :. . ' conf, t.. . phases of th.- plan • I" . SB *he provision for f..i. ten |B' h " whole program would and self.liquidating that !■" serve the puldl. «• ..ml of it should be pm in ■S' 'luring the next fiscal y.-.i begins July 1. new deal nt ill. . . ..mend BBJ ( l« a device to get around ■■budget act and th. . xi.tnu on the national .l-i.t the raising of f 1 for the put pose* '!'■ by .Mr |(oo*.c.|t would r ns n government < xp. ndi |M The president contend* th..' advanced for cation* r| " Would be repaid with Im Conferees said Interest would range from 2% to -1 ■— o — UpMPERATURE READINGS BPMOCRAT THERMOMETER ■""tun 70 11:00am. 77 a.m 74 ' * ■ WEATHER --- - ' Bl Partly cloudy, somewhat i^B r mer In extreme east porn tonight: Sunday local and eeoHr.

DECATUR DAILY DEMOCRAT

File Second Chance Avuinnt Bryant Man <l«orge Adams. Bryant telephone p'lnpany manager, who was re-i lettsed from jail early thia wwk' »fi*r paying ,|| t | ltr „ n #n M(|||lil) I and battery charge. Is | W(h hl |(|ll •bring a like count The firm | rount was filed by hJs wife Th., ■•econd charge was filed by Dale of Run land Adams la also the defendant in ‘ two cases In the Adams circuit rourt here charging him with re< k. less driving and driving while his I operator's license was suspended URGE SAFETY OVER FOURTH National Safety Council Points To Tragic Toll On Previous Holidays Chicago. June 14-" Be alive on the Fifth!" The national safety council today thus called on every cltlaen and every public official In the country to unite in a nationwide ’ effort to cut down the annual Fourth of July accident toll “If history repeats itself." said the council, "the Fourth of July I this year will bring a national catastrope to the United States. Thousands will he killed or Injuri ed. Children will be maimed for . life. "Why 7 Because each year America chisises Independence Day to stage a jamboree of carelessness On the highways. In the homes, on the beach and picnic grounds men. women and children are killed off by the score, even as they celebrate. "Traffic crashes, drowning* and I fireworks are the chief Instruments of death on this occasion "There la no rhyme or reason I to this wholesale slaughter. It I must he Mopped " tast July, the council said, 9,720 Americana were killed In accidents more than twice as many as died In the Revolutionary war. Ironically. a big part of the July death toll comes from the celebration of the Independence gained In that ’ war Cooperating with the National Safety Coincil in thia campaign are many national organiiationa Flach of these organizations not only is actively supporting the campaign, but is asking Its memlierg Individually to drive and walk more carefully, to use caution In swimming and not to use fireworks The council also has enlisted the cooperation and support of governors of the 4k states, motor vehicle administrators, heads of the state highway patrola, and mayors and police chiefs of every city with more than lo.taiO population Enthusiastic support of the campaign also has been given by Ilar--Iry L Hopkins, secretary of commerce. “The national safety council," said Mr. Hopkins, "has my ' wholehearted support for Its campaign against the appalling July accident toll The number of fatal accidents In July has been reduced i in recent years, but we still have I a long ways to go in making July a truly safe month—one whose ’ holiday and vacation days will not lie marred by trag>*dy that can !»■ prevented. "This calls for cooperation from everyone - the driver and the pe(CONTINUED ON FADE 81A> — Suspend Services At Church Sunday The First Evangelical church will suspend all church and Suni day school services at the church Sunday liecause of painting and | cleaning work being done to the. Interior of the church building. -■ O' - Christ E. Liechty Will Is Prohated — The will of the late Christ K. I.iechty was probated In Adams circuit court Friday. Under the terms of the Will the entire property wus left to his wife, as long as she re mains a widow. Upon her remarrying. twmthlrds Is to lie given to the children. An amount of 1415 was to In. deducted from the share of a son Ei-nesj. the will provided, since that amount had been advanced him. - — o- — One Accident Victim Taken From Hospital Robert Reinhard. Berne youth, who was hurt Thursday night In an auto accident south of Decatur on federal road 27. was released today from the Adams county memorial hospital. Nathan belbso"- of Indianapolis- who sustained a fractured right ankle In the same accident. is still confined In the hospital.

TOWNSEND REBS MOVE TO BREAK Resolutions Introduced To Defeat Opponents Os Pension Indlana'polle, June 24 — hj.R) — Resolutions demanding the "liquidation" of all congressmen opposing the Townsend pension plan wore ready for presentation to the national convention today aa In■urgent Townaendites moved to break with the parent organization and conduct a national convention of their own within the next month. All congressmen Who voted •■gainst the Townsend bill defeated In the national house of representatives recently are consigned to extinction, according to the resolutions. To receive particular attention, an- about 5o representatives who Dr Francis E Townsend, founder of the movement, claims were 1 elected on a Townsend platform and then failed to support the movement. The revolt against Dr. Town■end's organization la helng led by Townsend followers and local officials from New York. Pennsylvania. Ohio and Kentucky who charged that the movement has! been "dictatorial" with all the power resting In the hands of Dr. Townsend, his son Robert, and a few trusted aides Refusal of the national conven- 1 tion to seat delegates from Coving-' ton, Ky.. Jennette. Pa. and other: cities precipitated the revolt, j Judge Harvey H. Smith, president of the Covington club with 3.900; mem tiers Thursday had Townsend served with a summons in an Injunction suit to prevent the seat-| Ing of a Covington delegation' headed by John T. Murphy, who previously had been ousted from the Covington club. le-aders proposing the new convention are Smith: Frank 8. Ruff. Jr. and Dr. Roy Hoffman of Jen- i nette: William H. Weir. Jr. of Pittsburgh, and Rev David J Vint' (CDKTINVBD ON PAUK HIXi , LOAN ON WHEAT IS AVAILABLE Wheat Loans On 1939 Crop Available To Adams County Farmers Winfred L. (lerke. chairman of. the Adams county agricultural conservation committee announced today after attending a district ' meeting that wheat loans on the 1939 wheat crop will be available 1 to Indiana wheat growers who have kept within their 1939 wheat 1 acreage allotments on the 1939 agricultural conservation program. | In order to qualify for a loan. < Indiana wheat must be In storage ' at least thirty days on grade No 3 or better. Loans will be granted at a lower rate on wheat that grades No. 4 or 5 on test weight only. I • In announcing these loans. Mr. |' (lerke urged farmers to carefully | Inspect their granaries and blns so thut their storage will meet the i requirements of the commodity i credit corporation, which makes the loans on stored wheat. Gran- . aries should have sound foundations. which are deep enough In the ground to Insure stability. J guard against structural failure , and prevent undermining by water and animals Floors should be ' tight and at least eight inches above the ground. Careful inspection should lie made for decay and I damaged flooring and joists. Walls should lie strong enough i to prevent bulging and tight i enough so that lioth blns and ' wheat can he fumigated. Roofs. I ! i ! (CONTINt’KD ON PAGK TIIHKKI , Limited Separation Suit Im Filed Here i Amanda E. Ward filed a suit for 1 limited separation from Harley 1 Ward In Adutns circuit court Friday. She charges cruel and inhuman ' tr atment In her complaint. The complaint asks for a flvo year separation. 52.000 allmouy, cus- ' >ody of four minor children and a te.,training order. The restraining ' order was sustained by the court mid the defendant waa restrained , from molesting or accost.ng the , plaintiff or her children. He was also restrained from selling any of the property until further ( ortfer of the court. The complaint , states that the couple was married In 1920 and separated Juno 20, this | year. D. Burdette Custer Is attorney H i for the plaintiff. 1 1

ONLY DAILY NEWSPAPER IN A DAMS COUNTY

Decatur, Indiana, Saturday, June 21, 1939.

New First Family of Louisiana d ' w Mrs. Long and Earl K. Long Here Is the new first fstnily to lie of Ixmlslana. Earl K tang and his wife. tang, now lieutenant governor, will take over the governor's chair at Baton Rouge when Gov Richard tache resigns soon iH-camw of ill health.

IIRPF? 2TJTFQ " <>rk FrogreMW On UllUuO v I H I LU New Cooling Tower PONTPHI UP I D Work on the new cooling tower UUllinULllLLr “• ,h '' 'Ky Ha* ll plunt hire I* pro greasing rapidly, according to re- ——— pong thotu- In <harge It Is College Man I rges De- considered possible tba< the new centralization Os Aid " ,w,r , I"”' r" 1, "“ *" m •* i '!*•■ within a perkwl of two or thr»-.-To I armers «. .-x* 11 | The tower will Im* put into use Milwaukee. Wit.. June 24.--4UJ9 immediately upon completion. It I — Prof. Noble Clark. University of was stated At present work has Wisconsin, said today that a long ,WM> n delayed temporarily, pending stride could lie made toward safe- ’be arrival of a fan to lie used In guarding this country's democracy 'he tower. by transferring control of "help" -o—— programs for southern aharecrop- II ft DDITAIkI pers and midwestorn tenant dairy- II X "KKI I DIN men from Washington to the var- * will I nils He spate at the HMth annual RARTFP PAH FD meeting of the American assoc I- wnlllLll llrilLLU ation for the advancement of science, which concludes its seas- e, a » ■* ions today. He is associate direct- Seen As Important I'actor of tn.- university* . I(!l i<uiturai <>r in Event Os \n\ experiment station and has made VuturP Warfare a general study of the federal farm r uiurr vv an art rehabilitation program. "Ruch decentralisation of admin- Washington. June 24 (UJ9— Admiration would Increase efficiency ministration officials today hailed in the Held and provide better co- the U. 8 -British rubber for cotton ordination." he Mid. 'Mt would barter „ , k , ur B , pp |owtirUg . | stimulate more effortsl at self-help K<MII (ls Mqul| ,|, j|lM lMlth as in contrast with having pres- natioua with strategic war matersure groups leaning on Washing-. lab hl of a|| arm ,. d force ton to And solutions to all the Ills showdown in the near future, of agriculture It would go far to- Th .. y Im . llhVp j , hu , , hp han|t ,. ward maintaining our American of 6(MMWO ha | HR of , hll( system of Democratic government ; aur|> | u „ ( on)>l| r<>r ap , ir „ KlmatHy In the face of • world wide tend- 85 lon of Brtt(ah n , l<h , ettcy toward centrallsatl.in of pow- a „ | n , lM , rtaht la ,. tor Ih erw , u tCONTINL’KD ON PAGE 81X1 *" '*** far where offi. lais of — q — both country believe a showdown Srhamerloh Condition between the so< >lh<l Democratic < namerion c onaiiion Matei) and Japan apiM . ora Keported L nehanged om< ial* considered th. arrange. I ment to acquire rubber for use The condition of Harry Schmer- only In a major war emergency loh. who has been confined In the particularly strategic. In event of Adams county memorial hospital war in the far east, the Straits with cerebral meningitis, was re- settlement and the Dutch East Inparted unchanged today. His condl- die* the world's principal au|e tlon was said to be critical this plier of rubber—might be cut off. morning after serum had been ad- Thia government's next move m ministered for the second lime lat«. ,lar ’•‘ , ' deals was expected to he an Friday. (CONTiNUKti*on page atxi

Decatur Man Overcomes Hard Times, “Makes” His Own Job

By Bob Shruluku (Staff Reporter! On* year ago today, or thereabouta. downtown Decatur shoppern were alightly atartled by a hoarse cry of "Ice cr-r-r-e-eam”' that lasued from the throat of a ahort. atocky man. who limped along the city atreeta on a aet of tore feet. Today 185 daya. S.BOO walking miles and about 120 worth of shoe leather later—a new cry. adverlining the name product. In still heard from thia name fellow. Today, however, his bunlneaa han prospered for he han worked hard. Now he punhen an attractive. white rubber-tired cart, shaded by a giant umbrella, and equipped fully with light*, horn, etc. The man la George Columbus Baker. 80. a former trainer and driver of race horaen. whoa* ptem-1 ory hearkena back to th* dnya of Mabel R and Mabel L at the now weather beaten Belmont Park race track. Decatur knowa him beat 1 aa "Clum." One year ago thia week. "Clum" Baker waa hard up and needed a job. Broken archen and advanced [ age prevented him from applying |

I for work at the cuatomary places.. ■ Clum wan handicapped and had to exercise a little Ingenuity, After being promised a little aid from frlendn who had known him since 'he wan "no higher than thia," Clum hit upon the Idea of nelllng Ice cream. For weeks Clum walked the atreeta of Decatur, carrying hln "refrigerator." aelllng a little here and a little there Then he le-gan to get along In the world He bought a "little red wagon" and pulled hln refrigerator box Bl 111 he proapered and nt Innt h* bought hln carrier, over which he In now no vain. Cold weather aet In and Clum begun to kmc hln old Ice cream customers. People no longer cared for the summer delicacy. So Clum ntarted carrying hot dogn. hot coffee and more nultable winter weather foods. Now In the mldnt of the nummer. Clum In once again (prospering and growing dally—with the distinction of being "a naif-made man" Insofar an hln own little bunlncna la concerned Clum, no a moat popular soft | (CONTINUBD ON PAUN FOUR)

WIDENS SEARCH I FOR MURDERING HITCH-HIKER Michigan State Police Seek Man Who l’»mmitted Murder East Lansing. Mich.. Juno 24.— (U.K - State police today widened their search for a well-dressed hitch-hiker who reportedly made love to the woman companion of the man he killed. The body of George G. Hall, the SO-yaar-old victim, lay In a Laings- , burg H Mich., funeral home pending an inquest today. It was found late yesterday concealed in brush alongside a rural central Michigan road. Mlmi Ruby Doty, 32-year-old friend of Hall, waa permitted, meanwhile, to return to Pinconning after aiding atate police In their search for Hall's body and after submitting to daylong questioning that failed to alter her story. Two suspex ta. tak<-n In custody at Eaton Rapids and Bay City, were released after Investigation, and authorities feared Hall's slayer had fled the crime scene. Capt. I. II Marmon of the atate police said that Mias Doty's story of the shooting, the lonely roads over which her abductor allegedly drove her. and disposal of the body tallied with evidence his officers had collected Independently. Mias Doty said that Hall waa driving her to Pinconning Thursday afternoon when they picked up a well-dressed, acarfaced hltclw biker near Grand Rapids. Be tween Fowler and St. John's, she said, the man shot Hall once in the back, and as Hall died in her arms, took the wheel. She said her captor made love to her. offered her a cigarette which she rw- ] fused, fearing it' was doped, and tried to persuade her to join him. She reached Grand Rapids on a pretext that she would keep a date with him. she said. Instead, at I a. m , Friday, she not I tied polite Police photographers and Anger print experta went last evening to the lane near the farm of Verne W'Midbury. three and a half miles southeast of Lalnsburg. Shiawassee county, where troopers Shirley Curtis and Victor B«-ck of the Flint |MMt dls'-overed Hall's body. Miss Doty had cooperated In the search by trying to direct police over the roads she said the hitchhiier drove. Marmon said she aided his men by remembering that the acene waa near a lake, which they found to be Round take, eight miles away. Friends and associates of both Hall and Miss Doty meanwhile were to be questioned at East 1 tansing, and Roy Watkins. Hall's (Mirtner in an oil concern, went to Grund Rapids from bls home In Gladwin In au effort to aid police. He waa quoted aa saying he could solve the cast- If he were permitted to apeak with Miss Doty. -' — -O — - Ask Fire Department To War On Starlings Residents on Fifth and Sixth Streets have appealed to the fire department once again for aid In terminating the yearly obnoxious viatit of starlings. It was disclosed today. The birds each year have dlstttrlHMl residents along that the residents reported Last year' the fire department was cslled onto the scene to drive the birds away from the trees near Fifth and Jackson streets. This year the residents have re- ' portedly resorted to firecrackers, guns, slamming boards on the i pavement and otherwise creating [loud noise with no effective result. ' Thus they have a|>|»-u|ed to the fire department. ».■—.1.11. 0 . Legion To Nominate OfticcrM Monday Nomination of officers tor the ensuing year will lie made at the regular meeting of Adams post number 4J of the American Legi in at S ' o'clock Monday night. Th” officers wl.l be elected In July. All novnbert : of tlie post are urged to attend j Monday's meeting. No Further ComplaintM Are Filed With Board No further complaints have beea tiglatered on assessments with the Adams county review board, tnetnlisrg of the board reported today. But olid complaint, the one from Washington township, reported Thursday, has been registered to date. The iboard will again convene Monday to hear complaints and ole jectiona from Berne. Geneva and Monroe and from Decatur on TuesI ,

Head Os British Government Warns Germany, Japan

COURT DECIDES BENEFIT CASE Court Upholds Division Refusing Benetits To College Student Indlanapolhl. June 24. — In the first job Insurance beneflt case to In- dex-lded In court, the unemployment compensation division was upheld In Its denial of,benefits to a college student. Clarence A. Jackson. division director, said today The decision wsa made by Judge Byron C. Kennedy of the Wabash circuit court on an appeal brought by William Russell. Wabash. In his decision Judge Kennedy said. "This court la tlrtnly of the opinion that any iieraon who regularly mid conaclent lotisly enrolls , for a full time college course, looknw toward ii degree and the com- \ .. alien, is not available for work within the meaning of the statute which governs this matter." Russell had appealed from a devision of the unemployment comjiensatlon laiard of review which had held that he was not eligible tor benefits while he was enrolled as a full time student in Manchester college, because he Was devot-' Ing his time to hia education, Mr. Jackson explained. Russell contended that he waa available for work and that he would quit school to accept suitable work offered him. The issue involved In the case 1 waa darilled by the recent session of the legislature which amend->-d the job insurance law to deny specifically benetits to students during the school term. Mr. Jackson said. The division waa represented in thia case by Thomas M. Quinn. Jr., of Its legal staff. 20TH SOARING CONTEST HELD Army Experts Study National Contests in New York Elmira. N. Y.. June 24-(UFj— Army air corps experts, seeking methods of applying motorless flight to military aviation training, attended the ■_ , oth national soaring (ontests today along with 20U glider j pllota and several thousand spectn-. I tors. Lieut. Col. Howard C. Dnvtdaon,' air corps training and operation* chief, was to observe flights au*l ' determine how soaring n ight possibly reduce costs and casualties In training of government r-viators. A«listing hltn were Capt. C. F. McBain. air corpa official observer, and Eastman Jacobs and Dr. R. C. Platt of the national advisory com- . .ulttee for aeronautic*. The meeting con'lnues nntll July 9. Fifty four pilots had qualified up I to last night. No foreign nation* were represented. A total of $5,000 In prtxea and! numerous trophies awaited winnersi of distance, duration and altitude! contests. Contest records at stake: Distance, 32!i mllea to Washington. D. C„ set by Peter Riedel, Germany; Duration, seven hour*. 26 minutes, held by Stanley Cororan, California, and altlt'tde. *,700 feet above takeoff point, held by Richard c Dupont. Wilmington. DelDefending hla American soarin'; c’lamplonshlp tMle won by obtainI mg the greatest number of contest points last year waa Emit tahecka (CONTINVKH (IN PAGE 81X1 Girl Scouts Leave For Week’s Outing The Girl Remits of troop 3 left this morning for their sixth consecutive year at camp. This year they will spend the week nt lame Tree Point, Lake James. Adult supervisors urv Mrs. Manley Foreman. Mrs. Cletus Miller and .Mtss Elizabeth Frlainger. Student leaders arc Misses Kathleen Foreman and Ruby Miller. Girls nt the «stnp are Vera Steury, Colleen Miller. Leona Holin, Margaret Ellen Baker. Betty tau Kahnert, Bonnie Molchl, Marie Morgan. Ruth Virginia linker and i Margaret Sparling of Fort Wayne,

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j ( hatnberlain, In Fighting Speech, Warns Nations Os British Strength In Air And On Sea. r - - . LIFT EMBARGO Cardiff. Wales, June 24 -(U.R>— Prime Minister Neville Chamberlain. In a fighting speech today, warned Germany and Japan that Britain has an air force unexcelled by any other country aa well a* the world's most p<iwerfui fleet. Brit lain, he declared, will not w submit to dictation by any country. In a political speech to a conservative rally here. Chamberlain revlewwi the world a I tua Hon and made the following pointe: 1. Germany's allegation* of encirclement are a grotesque travesty" of Britain's policies. If Germany drops her “unjust suspicion" of others and la willing to talk reason. Britain la prepared to cooperate In developing latent resources to Improve both German and British trade and Industries. 2. The British navy la the moat powerful In the world, the army la Increasing dally and the air force In quality of personnel, speed and power of Its machine la not excelled by any country. 3. The treatment of British subjects by Japanese soldiers baa been “high handed and intolerably Inaultlng" and no British government would submit to dictation by any other power on Ita foreign policy Lift Embargo Tientsin. China. June 24- - The Japanese have lifted their embargo against British shipping at blockaded Swatow. British sources said today* and foreigner* In the city eagerly awaited ths arrival of ships with fdbd. passengers and ma fl (A Japanese Dome! news agency dispatch from Tokyo Indicated taht although mall could be landed, f'sid and other materials may lie held up "for the time being ") The Japanese decision, it was (CONTINVKD ON PAGE BIX| — — o Delegates From County To McNutt Reception Democratic county chakman N. , C. Nelson today announced the apf -lointment of J. L. Ebler, well j known local Insurance man. aa 1 chaiman of the Adams cotfhty delegation to attend the Paul V. .MeNutt reception at ludianaoolla next I Friday. He will urge * delegatlow aid complete arrangements for ‘I Hum to get In the front ranks of | here early In the soornlng In order ' h-«re early I nthe morning In order i to be ready when the parade strata from the Plaza a* 10:30, and will ' teturn In the evening. Several hav* ( already offered their cant and mors are expected to be offered Other p.ans will be announced liter. Mr. and Mrs. McNutt Will arrive ' tn Indianapolis Friday morning alter serving two years aa high commissioner of (he Philippines. He la tn route to Washington to report 1 tc the president and Is expected to 1 soon announce hla candidacy tor the presidency. Township and town I chairmen will be named and other plana worked out to make th* occ i- " -ion an enthusiastic event PERMITS GIVEN FOR BUILDING I : City Clerk-Treasurer Has Issued 47 Building Permits Here 1 _ A total of 47 building permits have Ih'cii Issued at the city clerktreasurer's office In the city hall since the new ordinance became effective, 11. Vernon Aurand, clerktreasurer. disclosed today. These permits were Issued from March 17, when the ordinance waa ' first put into effect, up to today. Os these permits 11 were given for the construction of new homes. - Mr. Aurand stated after chocking i the duplicates. ■ Mr. Aurand recalled that it ia i necessary under the ordinance to secure the permit* before repair- ) Ing. remodeling or new construe- . tlon work is done. i • There Is no fee In connsctlon > with securing the permits. The I ordinance, however, provides for a . 510 fine upon violation.