Indianapolis Times, Volume 42, Number 286, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 April 1931 — Page 20

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CERMAK BROOM SWEEPS 2,200 OUT OF POSTS Another Onslaught Today Is Promised to Slash Chicago Pay Roll. By United Press CHICAGO, April 10—Anton J. Cermak’s administrative broom became a scythe today as the new mayor of Chicago slashed right and left in his determination to make the city hall a “place of business” Instead of the “three Wring circus” he said it had been under Big Bill Thompson. With one great sweep of executive power, Cermak slashed 2.200 names from the city’s pay roll on his first day in office, and he indicated that another onslaught today would remove possibly 800 more. Establishing himself quickly In the office to which he was ejected Tuesday by a record majoricy of 194 257, Cermak began his task of cleaning up by ridding the city hall of every possible reminder of the Thompson administration. He did not immediately fill all his cabinet positions, but selected men for the most important ones, and left the others vacant after accepting the resignations he had requested of the Thompson aides. He will leave next Monday for a short vacation and indicated he might not complete the cabinet until after that. “The principal reason hundreds of employes were dismissed was so we would be able to function for the balance of the year,” Cermak told his council, explaining that funds of all departments were depleted COMRADES WILL MARK SOLDIER-POET’S GRAVE Small Group to Search for Exact Spot of Death Rendezvous. By United Press PARIS, April 10.—A small group of comrades-in-arms will leave in a few days to search the battlefields and erect a simple wooden cross in the plains of Champagne where Alan Seeger, A.merican soldier-poet with the French Foreign Legion, had his “Rendezvous With Death.” Seeger’s parents are expected from New York and they will be joined by Paul Rockwell of Ashville, N. C., and George Delpeuch of New York! who expect to spend some time seeking the exact place of death. It was near the village of Bellov-En-Santerre. was the last soldier of the Legion to see Seeger alive, falling at the same time as the youthful poet. APPROVES ROAD PLANS Surveys on $100,099,000 Inter-Ameri-can Highway to Be Sompleted. B'S S-'npps.Howard Newspaper Alliance WASHINGTON, April 10—Surveys to determine the route of the proposed $100,000,030 inter-Ameri-can highway from Laredo, Tex through Mexico and Centra] America will be completed this year e W. James, chief of the highway transport division of the United States bureau of public roads, announced today on returning from Panama City. James, who has charge of a force of American engineers engaged in planning the highway, said that there no longer is any doubt over the feasibility of the road. He declined. however, to predict when the road will be completed for motor traffic.

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TROUBLE LIES DEEP

Wilkins Crew Won’t See Perils

ThU I* the .cond of • teriet of articles by Admiral Harti Rodinas deseribina the hazard* to be faced by the Wilkins esneditien in its submarine trio under the Arctic ice fields. BY ADMIRAL HUGH RODMAN Written for NEA fierriee and The Times WASHINGTON, April 10. —It is difficult to describe the characteristics of the polar Ice fields, but this very uncertainty regarding them represents the chief danger which threatens the success of the Wilkins submarine expedition across th Arctic. For although reliable explorers like Peary, Nansen and Amundsen have obtained a great amount cf information, at specific times and places, they all record that the Ice Is almost always in a state of motion, due to currents, tides and the terrific storms which are prevalent. Take the matter of thickness, a most important consideration for the Nautilus, since her maximum diving depth is about 200 feet. Ice while floating will be about one-eighth above and seven-eighths below' the surface of sea water, and where Arctic ice has been undisturbed it probably will average only about eight feet in thickness. On the other hand, where there has been open water, and the fields have been driven together, they are lapped and overlapped into hummocks and “pressure ridges” which often reach thirty feet in height. In sqch a case, following the flotation rule, it might extend 200 feet below the surface. Reports have been made cf measurements showing the ice. even in fairly level fields, to be from fifty to 100 feet thick.

But in general, the upper surface of the ice fields is extremely rough, due to ages of buffeting and grinding and extreme pressure. It seems perfectly reasonable to assume that the underside of the ice is correspondingly uneven, and that it indeed will be rough sledding when the submarine attempts to glide along its bottom side. Leads are fractures in the fields w'here open water appears, but these may not occur for days at a time. Hence I can not imagine how the Nautilus can depend on either finding or regularly utilizing these leads. - To those on the surface, the presence and location of leads are indicated by a dark reflection in the sky. But the Nautilus will be going it blind, and can only detect them by looking through a glass deck plate. If conditions were favorable, she might bore through the ice and use her conning tower to locate such reflections. Even should she detect leads, and find her way to the surface, they might prove more of a menace than a blessing. For even with ships designed especially to withstand excessive pressure, disaster is not infrequent when leads close about them. And any pressure which might start a leak by opening the seams of the Nautilus would probably result in the loss of much of her fuel oil. Should the batteries become exhausted and the submarine attempt to rest against the under surface of the ice, I believe she will have trouble in staying in one position. The Arctic is a place of storms, often of hurricane force, which no doubt will cause the ice to drift and be in motion, and hence list or heel the Nautilus and make her berth precarious. Such a lack of stability might seriously endanger the storage batteries and other equipment, and cut off all power. PREDICTS DRY UPSET Congress to Nullify Liquor Laws Within Four Years, Is Claim. WASHINGTON, April 10.—Sentiment in congress for modification of the Volstead act will become so strong within four years that the liquor law's practically will be nullified by curtailment of appropriations for federal prohibition enforcement, Representative Wilbur White, new Republican congressman from Toledo, predicted today. White made his forecast following a conference wjth Representative James M. Beck (Rep., Pa.), in which the probable activities of the wet bloc of the house were discussed. Beck, w’ho declined the chairmanship of this unofficial house committee, favors repeal of the eighteenth amendment

BOY LOSES TO i RARE DISEASE Marine’s Son Dead After Brave Battle. By United Press WASHINGTON, April 10.—Federico Marino, 9, son of a United States marine, died Thursday night ; at Georgetown hospital. Federico lost a hopeless battle against the rare disease know'n as leukemia, or cancer of the blood. The effect of the disease was to | thin the blood to the point W'here a mere pinpiick would precipitate hemorrhages sufficient to cause i death. The boy was brought to the hos- ! pital several days ago, when his ! condition already had p-ogressed : too far for relief. —— Battered Safe Is Found A small safe, taken from the Clermont auto service at Clermont Monday night, was found, battered open, in a small lake near Traders Point Thursday. Several checks and papers were in the box, but $45 was missing.

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ELINOR SMITH SPARS 32,500 FEET IN PLANE Sets Altitude Record for Both Men and Women in Commercial Ship. By United Press ROOSEVELT, FIELD, L. 1., April ' 10.—Elinor Smith, dating 19-year-old aviatrix, unofficially was credited today with having established anew altitude record for both men and women to shoot at in com- ; mercial planes. Undaunted by a crash two weeks ago, when she lapsed into un- * consciousness while five miles above and spiraled to earth, the youthj ful pilot took her Eellanca plane | to a height of 32,509 feet. The previous record fer women ! was held by Ruth Nichols, who ! reached a ceiling of 28,743. George Haldeman climbed to an altitude of 30,453 feet to see the ! men’s mark. Both of these records ; -were for commercial planes. Lieutenant Apollo Soucek attained ! man’s greatest height by flying to 43.166. Miss Smith carired two sealed altimeters. One of them stuck at 25,000. The other registered 32.500 i when it was taken from her plane after the successful flight. Airport officials said a preliminary i examination of the barograph ini dicated she may have reached an ' even greater height than that registered. The aviatrix said she felt no ill , effects from the flight other than j that her mouth was nearly frozen I from breathing the oxygen in the I Tariffed atmosphere, where the tem- | perature registered 18 degrees below ! zero. DRY REPORT DRAFTED WASHINGTON, April 10—What i is heralded as the woman's view of i prohibition is being drawn up here i today by the twenty-two members of the national commission of women for law enforcement. The composite report is to be presented to President Herbert Hoover Saturday at the Whits House, as an unofficial supplement to the Wickersham report.

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