Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 142, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 October 1931 — Page 10

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PARK SYSTEM WRECKED. SAY ANGRY HEADS State Tax Board Bitterly Assailed; 107 Men to Lose Jobs. Drastic efforts to pare expenditures to keep within the park Boards budget, as reduced by the state tax board, caused park commissioners today to consider seriously the closing of the city's six community houses this winter. Such action would deprive most of the civic organizations of centers at which to promote their civic welfare programs. Park officials charged the 'tax board Is "wrecking the municipal park system.” Declaring the state board’s slicing of $70,000 from the park budget will not aid the average taxpayer, Jackal W. Joseph, board president, suggested closing of the community houses only as a means of saving $30,000 in operating expenses. Several parks are likely to be abandoned entirely; The board voted to dismiss 107 laborers, now employed by the park department. They will leave their jobs Tuesday. $60,000 Cut From Labor Dismissal of these men, who just this week pledged approximately $2,000 to the Community Fund, will stop work on two major projects, construction of the Coffin golf course, and opening of Pleasant Run parkway from Washington street to Sherman drive. A. C. Sallee, park superintendent, ,stated that "practically all the $2,000 in pledges will have to be returned to the laborers because they are losing their jobs, and will be forced to depend upon charity themselves.” Joseph explained that the board chose to dismiss the men rather than cut all wages 33 1-3 per cent. “The tax board cut $60,000 from our labor item,” he explained. "Average wage of park board laborers at present is from $lO to sls a week,” Joseph declared, "and it would be a crime to cut them further.” The board tentatively decided to close all golf courses Nov. 1, instead of keeping two open throughout the winter as in previous years. South Grove and Pleasant Run golf courses, which were used as community centers last year, will be closed. Board’s Hopes Blasted x Ousting of two-thirds of the labor staff will save the pay roll approximately $7,500 a month. This financial plight blasted the board’s hope for opening the Coffin golf course next spring. This course, it is figured, would net the city $30,000 a year in fees. The state tax board’s suggestion that "madework" laborers, working for poor relief baskets, may be used to replace the dismissed laborers was frowned upon by park officials. They pointed out that far more money will be spent in poor relief than is being saved by slicing the city budget. Maintenance of all esplanades, a work formerly performed by the park department, now must be turned back to the works board. Among these are esplanades in North Pennsylvania street, Alabama street, New Jersey street, Ashland avenue and other thoroughfares. 8 PARKED CARS LOOTED S3OO in Belongings Are Stolen, Owners Report to Police. Looting of eight parked automobiles of about S3OO In belongings w r as reported today to police. Owners of cars and losses reported follow: Irvin A. Ward. 337 Lavman avenue, $25; Lawrence T. Stafford. Frankfort. Ind., $27.50; C. A. Wills, 3050 Cornelius avenue, S4O; Walter Shiel, 1304 Central avenue, sfiO; 11. E. Moore, city, $22.50; Delbert Diese, 726 Weghorst. street. $5; Dr. Donald White. 2331 North Pennsylvania street, $25. and H. T. Litteral, 1518 North Illinois st reel, SSO. BECOMES ‘HOME LOVER’ Michigan Man Paroled on Condition He Remain at House. By United Press A ..LAKE LEELANAU. Mich., Oct, 23>-Stanley Kirk of Leelanau county, has become a "home loving” man. He was paroled from Lonia reformatory recently on the condition he remain at home *rcry night, and leave the premises but once during the month in the day-time to report to the parole officer. AUSTRIAN BIRTHS SLUMP Population "Doomed” Unless There Is Marked Increase# By United Press WASHINGTON. Oct. 23.—The population of Austria is “doomed to die out” unless there is a marked increase In that country's birth rate, Dr. Robert R. Kuczynski. authority on vital statistics here, informed the Brokings institute. Firewood for Refuse BERLIN, Oct. 23. —An automatic machine here returns a small quantity of firewood when potato peeling? or other usable refuse is poured into it.

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SHE was walking north on Illinois street, where a Times photographer was trying to snap a group of teachers attending the annual state convention. Another step and she would have walked in front of the lens. A reporft-r thrust a camera tripod in front of her. "Hold it!” he commanded. Startled, she grasped the tripod from him. What shall I do with it?” Laughing explanations ftiat followed were halted when the newspaperman’s (this modestly) practiced eye for feminine beauty recalled the city editor’s last order to "Get ’em good looking or don't come back.” nun HERE w r as manna from heaven, the first good break of a woeful morning. ‘ Attending the convention?” he asked, posing her for the photographer. “Oh, yes...how did you guess?” “Psychic, maybe. You don't look like a teacher, though. What’s your name, and where do you enlighten the youth of the land?” "Oh, I don’,t teach. I'm just Thelma Kincaid, from Peru. I'm going to the high school press association at Franklin college. I thought that was the convention you meant.” COAL MEN DIVIDED ON STABILIZATION PLANS Broadening of Anti-Trust Laws Favored by Indianans. By United Press NEW YORK, Oct. 23.—The committee of fourteen appointed by the National Association to consider various plans for stabilizing the industry convened today for a brief session. The committee wjll adjourn subject to call at a meeting in Washington within two weeks. Division of opinion still existed on the two most favored proposals—-co-operation with a conference of Governors and amendment of the Sherman anti-'frust law. One group, composed of Kentucky and Tennessee soft coal operators, favored the plan for production control similar to cotton and oil proration. • * The other group of Pennsylvania, Some West Virginia. Ohio and Indiana operators, favors broadening of the anti-trust laws to permit solution of economic problems through consolidations.

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Automobiles reported to police as stolen ! belong to: H. E. Strong, 5259 Park avenue. Ford j coach, stolen from 4829 Guilford avenue. Montie Sanders. 1406 Charles street. Nash ! coupe, stolen from rear of Antlers Hotel, i George B. LocKwood, Newcastle, v lnd.. I Chrysler sedan, stolen from Newcastle. ! Ind. Ralph Short. Franklin. Ind., Ford se- j dan. stolen from Franklin, Ind. Bradford Automobile Company, 1114 i North Meridian street. Buiek roadster, I stolen from Morris and Harding streets. ! Glen Zentmever. 211 East Twentv-fifth stret. Buick roadster, stolen from 211 Ease I Twentv-fifth street. Lulu Timons. 2727 North Capitol avenue. Ford coach, stolen from 2621 North Capitol avenue. BACK HOME AGAIN Stolen automobiles recovered by police I belong to: Carl D. Hill. 1115 West Twenty-ninth street. Essex coach; found at Prospect street and Keystone avenue. Felix Cardarelli. 4622 Winthrope avenue. j Ford touring, found on Tenth street west ; of citv hospital. William Yorkers. 937 West Michigan | street, Chevrolet coupe, found in the alley j between Agnes and Patterson streets. Ford sedan, 755-919. found in front of I 435 South West street. Chevrolet coupe, stripped of tires, found I at Big Four railroad and North street. I WEEK-END EXCURSIONS —To— CHICAGO $5.00 Round Trip Each Friday, Saturday and Sunday Leave Indianapolis 11:30 a. m. Friday; 2:30 a. m. or 11:30 a. m. Saturday, or 2:30 a. m. Sunday. Returning to reach Indianapolis not later than 4:05 a. m. Tuesday following date of sale. $4.00 To Chicago and Return Going leave Indianapolis 2:30 a. m. Sunday. Returning leave Chicago 11:25 p. m. Sunday. $3.60 Round Trip —i o Louisville and North Madison On all trains leaving Fridays, Saturdays and Sundays to Louisville, and Fridays and Saturdays to North Madison. Returning to and including Monday following date of sale, except Sunday from North Madison. COACH SERVICE ONLY For tickets and full information apply to—ft CITY TICKET OFFICE, 116 Monument Place Phone Riley 9331 Pennsylvania Railroad

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RUM RAID TEST SLATED By United I‘rrss DETROIT, Oct. 23.—Whether a federal prohibition raid is legal when no money w ; as paid for drinks obtained, wall *be determined by United States Commissioner Frank Q. Quinn next week. He continued the case against three men when prohibition agents testified they draink frequently at the place, but never were able to buy a drink.

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NAVY ASSAILED FOR ACCEPTING GIANT AIRSHIP Akron Is 20,000 Pounds Overweight, Declares New York Sun. By l niled Prrgs NEW YORK. Oct. 23.—Acceptjrtce of the new United States navy dirigible Akron is denounced editorially today by the New York Sun jvhich characterizes it "another chapter on the folly of the government’s investments in dirigibles as instruments of war.” The newspaper pdlnts out that all but $200,000 of the price of the Akron, $5,375,000, was paid before the airship ever was accepted, after which it was learned that the vessel is from 20.000 to 22,000 pounds overweight. The Sun calls this "a remarkable error in an airship designed to carry a total military load of only 10,000 pounds." Inclined to Go Whole Way "Having accepted the dir>;ble. i the navy department seems inclined to go the whole way and generously waive the penalty for : failure to comply with specifications. "It is still more astonishing to read that after all this the secre--1 tary of hhe navy, who recently felt 1 compelled to make cuts of $61,000,JOO in his budget, has given orders to go ahead with the construction of the sister ship to the Akron.” In Addition to its editorial stand the Sun made an investigation into the terms of the contract und?r which the Akron was constructed. Called Too Slow' "The government had no alternative but to accept the airship from the Goodyear-Zeppelin Corporation,” the paper said. "Under terms of the contract, the navy was required to pay for the airship in equal installments during its construction so that before any test flights w f ere made the Goodyear-

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; Zeppelin Corporation received all ; but the final payment of $200,000, out of a total cost of $5,375,000. "Had the government refused to ; accept the ship, therefore, when it I was discovered that the specifications had not been met, the ! Akron would have remained in the hands of the Goodyear-Zeppelin j Corporation, together with the i $5,000,0000 the government had paid.” . In addition to the overweight of the dirigible, the Sun points out that the vessel did not meet the 1 specified speed requirements of 72 knots. Bond Forfeited ; By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Oct. 23.—Cash bond of SSO given by Laurel Green. | Lapel grocer, was ordered forfeited when he failed to appear here to | answer to a charge of selling two pounds of spoiled meatr-to Sherman Helterbrand.

BENEFIT OF GAS THERM TO GET AIRING OCT. 29 Utilities to Present Their Side of Billing Fight to Commission. Badly battered both by criticism fro nf public service commission witnesses and the mayors and city attorneys from various Hoosier cities and towns, the therm method !of gas billing is to have its day i in court Oct. 29. Thursday was devoted to its destruction and predictiofi was rife that the commissioners will vote against its further usage, except as on optional plah for gas billing. What will be said for its retention was voiced today by John T. Beasley, attorney for the Indiana Gas Association. Only True Value A "Customers paying for their gas on the therm ba&s of billing can be assured that they will pay only for the actual heating service of the gas, which is the true gauge of its value,” declared. "If gas be sold by utilities and charged for. on the cubic foot basis without reference to its heating value, it is difficult, if not impossible to insure that the rate structures set up on the cubic foot basis may not be misleading and unfair to the consumer. "Introduction of natural gas has made the new billing necessary. Gas service will vary in heat values, and the variety of types of gas makes it difficult for customers to - 'compare on the cubic foot basis the fairness of their rates as compared to those in other communities. The therm system makes such comparison possible. Call It Most Accurate "Impartial scientists, skilled in the art and best qualified to determine the question, declare with unanimity that under present-day conditions the most accurate and

the most fair method of computing gas bills is the therm method.” Evidence gleaned by field investigators for the commissidn disclosed that the gas patrons do not favor the therm, feeling It is a mystery method which will do them harm. Included in the evidence Thursday afternoon was a letter from Fred I. King, commission secretary, in which he said the therm probe will do “the gas utilities" no harm. It was written to an' Attica manufacturer, who uses gas. King explained it was a mistake in typing, and what he meant was that the result of the therm rate investigation was not designed to "affect adversely gas users." From the questioning of Commis-

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■ sioner Howell Ellis, who Is conduct- ! tag the hearings, and testimony by j commission accountants and engineers. it appeared that the “setup.” if any. is against the therm It is now in use by ten companies in seventy-seven Indiana cities and i towns, outside of Indianapolis. Vigilantes to Be Armed j By Unit’d Prrss HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Oct. 23. i —American Legion members, armed with eight high-powered rifles, which will be purchased at once, will guard local banks against bani dits, uilder an agreement between the banks and the legion. Two bank robberies occurred here last, summer.