Indianapolis Times, Volume 41, Number 301, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 April 1930 — Page 8

PAGE 8

CITY TOWNSHIP TRUSTEE POST IS REAL PLUM 11 Seek Oft-Overlooked Job Which Carries Big Fund Control, Patronage. One of the most important posts in the county, often ignored by citizens watching the mad scramble for other positions, is that of Center township trustee. But to the trained seeker of political plums the trusteeship is not ?o be despised. Election to this post give him ai--nost czaristic control of a revenue >f $150,000; a balance of a similar ’.mount and an annual expenditure f $130,000. Besides this, there are fifty jobs *> be handed out as patronage. Seven Republicans and four Dem"rats are vieing for this position. Controls Three Schools The Center township trustee has mtrol of three schools. Until 1929 here were four, but the one located it Thirty-eighth street and Gale .venue as transferred to the city school department in 1929. In 1929 the trustee, Mrs. Amelia Harding, whose salary- is $3,000 a year, received from taxes $146,806.43, and during the year disbursed $122,735.32. Her statement for Dec. 31, 1929, showed a balance of $128,646.45. The trustee takes care of the poor, about thirty-five miles of township roads and the education of the children living outside of the township. Records for the past four years reveal that when Mrs. Harding assumed office, four years ago, the tax rate was $1.47 per SIOO. No school bonds were retired under that figure and it was necessary to dip into the general fund in order to tide over the year. Levy Was Increased The next year the levy was increased by the advisory board of three to $1,705 per SIOO because it, was found necessary to begin the retirement of bonds. In 1928. the tax rate was $1,701, and in 1929, $1,715. This latter increase was due, it is explained to the necessity of increasing the tax for poor relief from .017 to .021. The tuition ievy also was increased from 50 cents in 1926 to 70 cents in 1929. However, the road levy was cut lrom 10 cents to 5 cents; and the special school, which provides pay for janitors, school books, transportation, etc. Twenty-nine teachers, one bus driver and four janitors are needed to care for the three schools now under the control of the township. They are located at 2700 South Pennsylvania street, Perkins and Raymo; 1 streets and Bowser and Alexander streets. $45,000 Outstanding All bonds but $45,000 on the school have been retired. When the city pays the $115,000 demanded for the school sold it, the trustee expects to be able to retire all of the bonds and so cut down the tax rate. The township is in excellent financial condition, according to the state board of accounts which annually inspects its books. During the past four years the state tax board has not been able to find a single item of expenditure which could be reduced and according to its action, the township is being operated economically. Records of disbursements show that during the last year $14,000 of bonds were retired; $37,759.57 was spent from the special school fund; $31,630.51 was spent for tuition; $3,065.65 for roads and $12,953.13 for treatment of dog bite victims and miscellaneous expenses. Board Is Responsible The tax rate is fixed by the advisory board after all budget expenditures are checked and it is the board which is responsible for all expenditures. Mrs. Harding was elected when her husband dieh following the primary and she was named by the county chairman to take his place on the ticket. Other candidates are William J. Hamilton, deputy coroner. Coffin ward chairman and organization general factotum; Cal E. House, Clarence L. McPherson; Boynton J. Moore, former councilman in the Duvall administration who was indicted and convicted on a charge of accepting a bribe; Albert Poland and Edward G. New. president of the Young Lawyers’ Association of Indianapolis and former superintendent of the Bois D'Arc (.Mo.) schools. The Democrats are Howe Abbott druggist and former Thirteenth ward chairman; Walter Anderson, Hannah A. Noone and Miss Fay Terrill, active in Democratic poliics and former high school and college teacher. VITIATION TO BE HELD ' 'ass of Forty-Five to Be Adopted by Bloomington Camp. ■ V Tlme/t Special BLOOMINGTON, April 28. Camp 3907, Modem Woodmen of America, of this city will initiate forty-five candidates in an adoption lass Wednesday. The camp will be presented with % silver loving cup at a Modem Woodmen session in Bedford May 7 in recognition of having led the state in membership increase for 1929. A large delegation from here will attend the Bedford meeting. Rebekahs to Hold Party The Temple Rebekah degree staff will entertain with a bunco and card party Tuesday night at 230 Eas; Ohio street.

WE BUY I Waste papeß j CALL LINCOLN 3588 AMStaa Paper Stack Ca 340 W. Market S3,

BELIEVE IT OR NOT

SrrW did / \ £f5 > A back / v r T T.prj/ T r.b itjjj&r*,, / ; - A -r br -Jw f i! : , • Try/ BIRS elec , Whiskers r< bee^. s j°" c • /*'***' I Su.\>r*;TT?A. by \)\\ V 2)ick A/ash 2i X* _ W*s/vngtOM>c. J ft IMO, Kutf Sfttdittt*, tyr, Great Britain rights rererret - . . J

ASKS GROUP TO PROBEDRY LAW Crime Commission to Vote on Motion July 26. Is prohibition a crime? Leo M. Rappaport, president of the Indianapolis Family Welfare Society and member of the state crime committee, believes it is and has asked the committee to investigate. At the committee meeting in the statehouse Saturday afternoon, Rappaport presented a resolution asking that a special subcommittee be appointed to investigate prohibition. He pointed out how prohibition laws have brought about exactly the opposite results predicted for them. Increase in crime, lawlessness and penal populations mark the dry era, he asserted. Howard C. Smith, Indianapolis, seconded the Rappaport move for a special subcommittee, although he is rated as an ardent “dry.” He declared he thought the matter is material for the committee to investigate. Rappaport agreed to permit the resolution to remain for action by the committee at their next meeting, July 26. A resolution by Judge Julian Sharpnack, Columbus, deploring the “mud-slinging” between Indiana state prison trustees and judges and giving blanket indorsement to both, was tabled after hot debate.

MATINEE IDOL TODAY DECLARED ACTRESS Male Reigm at Afternoon Show Through in London. Hu United Prexs LONDON, April 28.—The matinee idol of today is the actress—not the actor, as in olden days. This i$ the conclusion of London theater managers who can not find a single actor now whom flappers flock to see, and hang around the stage door until he comes out. On the other hand there are quite a niunber of actresses who attract the feminine adoration that used to center on the person of the hero of the play. No man ever has attracted the hysteria of worship that the American actress Tallulah Bankhead incites. More women queue up at the stage door in one night to see Miss Bankhead, or Evelyn Laye, than the once favored idol, Lewis Waller, ever saw in a month. Also Alice Delysia, Jessie Matthews, Sybil Thorndike and Marie Tempest can draw a packed house as could a whole regiment of told-time matinee idols of male persuasion. Dog Causes Injury By Time* Special BRAZIL, Ind.. April 28.—Miss Loraine McDermott suffered a deep cut in the right hand when a glass jar of meat she was carrying from a grocery was broken when she was knocked to a sidewalk, due to a large collie dog running against her. Veteran Teacher Dies ffu Time* Special SHELBYVTLLE, Ind.. Apirl 28. R. C. Limpus, 64, a school teacher here and elsewhere in Shelby county for forty-five years, is dead of heart disease.

On request, sent with stamped addressed envelope, Mr. Ripley will furnish proof of anything depicted by him.

High Moose Official to Attend Initiation Here

Supreme Dictator Ladner Will Be Greeted Ly Lodge Members. Indianapolis lodge No. 17 ; Loyal Order of Moose, will initiate 150 candidates in the second section of a 1.000 quota membership drive on Tuesday night, when Supreme Dictator Albert H. Ladner of Philadelphia will be honor guest. Hundreds of Moose members will be present to greet the supreme dictator on his official inspection of the Indianapolis lodge. Ladner is one of the youngest fraternal leaders in America and is past potentate of Lulu Shrine of Philadelphia and a past officer of the Philadelphia Moose lodge, which has a membership of 30.000. J. E. Newcomb is in charge of the membership drive. The Tuesday night class will be named the supreme dictator's class, in honor of Ladner. Other Moose activities with which Ladner is actively identified include membership on the national executive committtee of the order and work as Mooseheart governor. REBEKAHS TO INITIATE City Degree Staff Members Will Attend Zionsville Session. Degree staff members of Chappell Rebekah lodge of this city will go to Zionsville Tuesday night to exemplify degree work at a district meeting. Mr. and Mrs. Elias De Noon, both charter members of the Zionsville lodge, will be honored at the meeting. Their son Albert De Noon, degree captain of Chappell Rebekah lodge, will have a prominent part on the program.

Headache often relieved i without “dosing” 4SVJSISS OVER 1? MILLION JARS USED YEARLY

Dependable Interior and Exterior Paints Bring your paint problems to ns. we can give you helpful advice. VONNEGUT’S 120-124 E. Washington St.

For All Kinds Os Insurance (Except Life) f Jftdjet (Lrusl IBanks

3-ROOM OUTFIT Living room, bedroom and kitchen ; complete. Becon- €1 1 0 ditloned il 15 j EAST TERMS 1 Lewis Furniture Cos. | Cnlted Trade-In Store 844 9. Meridian St. Phone Dr. 2227 1

. THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

rwXT Registered U. S. Uj Patent Office. RIPLEY

Albert H. Ladner Arrius Court 5 to Meet A special social program is announced for the regular meeting of Anius court 5, Tribe of Ben-Hur, tonight at the Moose building, 135 North Delaware street. Friends are invited to take part in the bunco hour at 9:15.

dose human relationship between a man and his banker has always seemed to The Security Trust Company one of the foundation stones of good Perhaps this personal attitude is , At the Sign largely responsible for the continof the C'och uing enlargement of the discriminating group who regard the Security as their bank. The Security Trust Company solicits the business of people who value m this type of man-to-man banking. £jj-Ofo An officer will be glad to confer with you anytime. Real service, Paid on friendly co-operation at this conSavings veniently located bank. 11l N. Pennsylvania St. Security TRUST COM. PA NY XHPNCyra PENNSYLVANIA ST.j/

GROTTO CHOIRS’ CONTEST WILL BE HELD HERE Event Will Be Conducted During Convention of Council in June. A Choral Club contest in which Grotto singing organizations from the United States and Canada will participate is being arranged for the forty-first annual supreme council session of the Mystic Order Veiled Prophets of the Enchanted Realm, to be held here in June. Plans for the international contest were discussed at a meeting here recently of the Choral Club contest committee representing the supreme council. Raymond F. Murray, Indianapolis, general chairman for the convention, and George W. Kadel, chairman of Sahara Grotto Choral Societies’ committee, attended the conference. Contest Rules Adopted Out-of-town members of the committee included C. William Born, St. Louis; Donald E. Spears, Newport, R. 1., and Charles A. Reed, Flint, Mich. Rules and regulations governing the contest were adopted at the meeting. Three Indianapolis musical leaders will serve as judges. Preparations for the international Grotto meeting June 17, 18 and 19 are going forward under leadership of Clyde E. Robinson, monarch of Sahara Grotto. This is expected to be the largest fraternal meeting that has been held in Indianapolis for several years. Drill Teams Coming Convention plans caU for a drill exhibition and contest that will bring fifty Grotto drill teams to the city. Michael F. Sculley, Sahara Grotto Blue Devils Zouaves’ commander, is supervising arrangements for the drill meet. The Blue Devils, winners of the international contest at Atlantic City in 1925, at St. Louis in 1926, and at Cleveland in 1927, will not participate in the 1930 contest. LOUD SPEAKER TAKES PLACE OF AUTO HORN French Invention Permits Drivers to Warn Walkers Vocally. Bu United Press PARIS, April 28.—The automobile horn is too impersonal, so a French inventor has combined the theories of the loud speaker and the horn and has developed a speaking signal for motor cars. Just in front of the driver is a microphone. Asa pedestrian starts across his path, the driver, without raising his voice, says into the instrument: “Look out, please, you’ll get run over.” His voice, magnified a dozen times, comes from under the hood and the frightened jaywalker leaps back to the curb. OVERVALUED BLISTERS Court Dismisses $7,500 Complaint Against Shoe Merchant. Bu In it'd Press CLEVELAND. Aprjl 28.—Seventyfive hundred dollars for a pair of blistered feet is too much, Common Pleas Judge Samuel Kramer ruled when he dismissed the suit of Henry H. Dubbs, filed because a shoe merchant sold him shoes that hurt his feet. TRIO ROBS CITY GROCER Two Negroes, White Man Hold Up Storekeeper: Get SIOO. Two Negroes and a white man robbed Frank Bernard, grocer, at 2134 Northwestern avenue, of SIOO cash and a number of checks Saturday night, police were told. Mrs. Kate Sheehan, 3313 East Twenty-fifth street, reported her home entered and clothing valued at S2OO stolen.

Gets Million Dollars —Then Goes to Work

~ ' "" - “ IJTT Vr'* >: i*i*iY^ M " IIIIITI ~ ~ 11111 j | I ||H 1 y i ■: - ■ ~’|===®.^

fin United Press T TOLLYWOOD, April 28.—Constance Bennett had the chance to decide what she would do if she had a million dollars. She went to work. When she came to the part- • ing of the ways with her extremely wealthy husband, Philip Plant, a sum of money reliably reported in the neighborhood of a million dollars was settled upon the slim and beautiful blonde. No amount of money, she said, could ever compensate her for a life of idleness. Consequently, she signed with Pathe pictures. When she deserted a film career for marriage four years earlier,

ALLEGED FAKE More Than 400 Firms Are Federal Targets. By Scripps-lTotcnrii Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, April 28.—Within the past year the federal trade commission has commenced proceedings against more than four hundred alleged fraudulent advertisers in all parts of the country and the publishers and the advertising agencies who handle their copy, it was announced today. A special board of investigation, which is co-operating with publishers and other agencies seeking truth-in-advertising, now has under consideration a large number of cases and complaints probably will be issued. Trade commission investigators estimate That consumers are robbed of $500,000,000 a year as a result of fraudulent advertising and that its recent work has saved the public at least $50,000,000. Scores of companies which here-

Constance Bennett

Constance Bennett, then a girl in her teens, was one of the most sought after actresses on the screen. Her panther w'alk, aristocrr.tic beauty and inimitable flair for perfection in clothes exerted a definite allure to the public. Now, she has returned with these attributes intact, but enhanced by the distinction of a continental mind and manner. Miss Bennett herself believes she is a better actress for the years she was absent from the screen. She grew up and had many contacts with life, she explained, and is less easily pleased with her own work, as well as capable of a larger range of roles.

tofore advertised fake products, have gone out of business as a result of the commission's exposures. LAKE BORN SUDDENLY Telluric Movement of Earth Is Cause of New Basim Bu United Press ROME, April 28.—A new lake covering a superfices of more than twelve acres suddenly has come into being at Leprignano, near Rome, owing to a telluric movement. The movement of the earth occurred without any warning, though the ground here is full of sulphur springs and has a volcanic history. Cracks began to appear in the soil, followed by small landslides from the hill, which now overlooks the lake. Quantities of sulphurous water issued from the earth in small bubbling springs. A nearby stream, the banks of which gave v.'ay, helped to fill up the cavity In the earth, and the new lake soon was formed

Don’t so ol yourself! .V.V.VX Halitosis ruins romance—end it , If the one you’re fond of has announce itself to you. But halitosis (unpleasant breath), it does to others. And that it’s your duty to call atten- offends, tion to it and suggest the es- Being an active germicide fective remedy Listerine capable of killing 200,000,000 used full strength. germs in 15 seconds, fullCertainly this course is a strength Listerine checks better one than putting up mouth fermentation and inwith halitosis and saying section —both a cause of nothing about it. odors. Then it gets rid of the A great many people fool odors; it is a powerful dethemselves in thinking they odorant. Use Listerine mom* never have halitosis. What a ing and night and between presumption! Because no- times, before meeting others, body knows when he or she Lambert Pharmacal Comis a victim. Halitosis doesn’t pany, St. Louis, Mo., U.S.A. LISTERINE, kills 200,000,000 germs in 15 seconds (Fastest tints science has accurately recorded)

_april 2gnr

NOMINEES FOR EAGLES POSTS TO BE NAMED City Lodge Members Will Take Part in Program at Connersville. Indianapolis Eagles tonight will nominate officers for the annual election to be held May 5. The new officers will be installed June 2. Nominations will be received for president, vice-president, secretary, treasurer, chaplain, conductor, Inside guard and one trustee. Joseph E. Beatty, local president, will head a delegation which will attend the Connersville aerie’s celebration of its twenty-fifth founding anniversary Sunday, May 4. George Koch heads the committee arranging the celebration. His assistants include a former president, William A. Stoelir, now head of the state Eagles’ organization, and C. C. Snider, first president of the aerie. Forty-four living charter members will be accorded honors. The aerie's annual Mother's day program will be held the afternoon of Sunday, May 11, and will be public. The Odd Size Four, male quartet, all members of which are Eagles, will be on the program, which is being arranged by Secretary Wilbur H. Miller. Indianapolis Eagles have been advised that about the same date when Louis Ludlow', representative in congress from the Seventh district, becomes a member here, the Buffalo (N. Y.) aerie will initiate Governor Franklin D. Roosevelt of New York. The Governor decided to become a member shortly after signing the state’s old age pension biil April 10. The pension movement is sponsored by the Eagles. The pen with which he signed the bill has been forwarded to Frank E. Hering. South Bend, chairman of the Eagles national pension commission. ENGLISH QUEEN HAS SPECIAL AUTO HORN London Police Trained to Recognize Distinctive Musical Note. Bu United Brens LONDON, April 28.—Every traffic policeman in London today has his ear cocked for the loud, clear notes of a musical horn, faintly reminiscent of a bugle call. When the horn sounds, traffic will be shunted to the curb to afford the automobile of the queen of England a clear passage. Queen Mary's car has been fitted with a horn which plays a unique series of notes. The ‘'bobbies’’ have been trained to recognize the sound and have orders to clear the way for the queen immediately. The horn, however, will only be used in cases where there is a special need of speed. Queen Mary’s car otherwise would be indistinguishable from thousands of other cars, for it is of a conventional dark color and her chauffeur and footman wear plain dark liveries. Aged Man Buried Bu United Press BLUERIDGE, Ind., April 28 Funeral services were held here for William J. Henderson, 81, who died Wednesday after a two weeks’ illness. He had been a lifelong resident of Shelby county. He leaves his widow, Mrs. Clarissa Henderson; two daughters. Mrs. William Baker, Blueridge, and Mrs. William Mann. Arlington, and a son Nolan Henderson, here.