Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 170, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 November 1931 — Page 5

NOV. 25. 1931.

FALSE APPEALS FOR AID PLAGUE RELIEF FORCES Investigators for Trustee Must Be on Their Guard for Deceptions. BY CARLOS LANE Th* streets of that section of the city were sticky with mud. and the day was not warm, but through the mire and cold walked an investigator representing the township trustee. She climbed an ancipnt stairway to a two-room hovel, where remnants of previous meals littered the table, and rags served as beds. Apparently there had been reason for the appeal to the trustee for food and fuel—but what was found belied appearances. An 18-year-old son of the woman who asked for help was alone there. He answered her questions as she filled out a form. “Does your father work?” she wanted to know, and learned that the head of the house, a stepfather, conducted a little business of his owm, and had an income from it. Poverty Breeds Deception “There’s a common but not very toxl effort to get help where it isn’t imperative that help be given,” she explained to the reporter who accompanied her as they left the flat. “This woman came to us giving her name by the former marriage. She thought we would believe she was a widow. But her husband is working, and they can get along where some other deserving family can not.” Another stop was before a neat little bungalow. It was, again, a first investigation, and a son, 15, was alone. His mother was a widow, and was working, he said. There would be no need for township relief as long as she held her job. ‘‘Food or Fuel" Still another visit was more typical of the type of family aided by , the office of Miss Hannah Noone, Center township trustee. A father and mother, still in their 20s, had a family of four little girls, one a baby. There was sl4 monthly income the husband's service pension, and, driving an ice truck, he could make sometimes as much as $3 a week. The rent was $lO a month and a ton of coal each month would cost $4. When he. couldn’t get work driving the truck, there w'ould be no food. “Would you rather have us furnish your food or your fuel?" the investigator asked. She knew the family, had recommended them for relief once before. They asked only when it was imperative. The husband chose to apply weekly for a food ticket. Half a block away another door

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Veteran Odd Fellow Is Honored by Lodge

T TEAVING a shovelful of coal into the furnace bed, William C. Oldridge, 83-year-old firemafi for a business firm, wiped the perspiration from his forehead—and took time out to pose for this picture. “The grand old man,” as he is called at Brightwood lodge, No. 655, I. O. O. F., was honored Tuesday night at the forty-second anniversary celebration of Bright-

opened to the investigator. It was a neat little home, stricken with ' tragedy. The husband and father was in Sunnyside sanatorium with tuberculosis; the mother for years has been confined to a wheel chair, crippled with rheumatism; a son ! tries each week to work with an illness that keeps him indoors, and invariably finds he must quit. In the face of this misfortune the crippled mother’s face glowed with a smile as she talked with the investigator. The husband was much improved at Sunnyside, and she could see j him sometimes. Even she was I getting better—“look I can move these fingers a little now’,” she said. 1 Courageous little woman! "You’ll get your groceries, and if the boy can work, have him come dowrn, and if he can’t, have him bring a physician's certificate,” the mother was promised. On and on the investigator strode, covering her large territory, in which she makes from twelve to

William C. Oldridge, 83, recording secretary * for thirty-six years of Brighticood Odd Fell ores lodge, was honored T uesday night at the lodge’s forty-second anniversary celebration.

wood lodge at its home, 2345 Station street. Active in Odd Fellowship since his initiation in 1891. Oldridge has been recording secretary of the Bright.w’ood lodge for thirty-six years. Asa member of the relief committee, he has delivered more than $50,000 for relief of members. Born in England, “where there aren’t any Thanksgivings,” he came to the United States wtoen he w’as 20. Since 1887 he has been a resident of Indianapolis.

fifteen calls daily in all kinds of weather. In all, twenty-eight of these investigators are employed by Miss Noone in continual daily rounds to ascertain w’here help shall be given and where it shall be refused. The salary is SIOO a month. Each family, receiving constant aid, is reinspected each month or tw’o, and of 12,000 families that have asked for help, the investigators have found 2,000 able to care for themselves, but asking for relief because it seemed an easy sole tion to discomfort. “Investigation of the requests that come to us for help is absolutely necessary,” Miss Noone contends. “It is the only w’ay w r e can escape paying thousands and thousands of dollars that need not be spent. “I hear of all cases needing relief. But no one ever volunteers information about a family getting relief w’hen it is not necessary.” (To Be Continued)

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VICE-^EMNT THORN !N 0.0, P. CHIEFS' SIDES They’d Like to See Him Off Ticket, but Are Afraid to Bring Pressure. By Scripps-Hoicard Xctcspaprr Alliance WASHINGTON, Nov. 25. —VicePresident Curtis’ reported decision to run again for his present office rathei than the senate, has caused some concern in circles close to the administration, it was learned today. Although high G. O. P. officials dare not move to ease Curtis off the ticket, any more than they care to antagonize drys by removing Simeon D. Fess as national chairman, it is understood they would' like to see a younger man as President Hoover's running mate next year. They had hoped that Curtis himself would solve the problem by seeking his old seat in the senate. Curtis has been loyal to Hoover in all things, it is admitted, but it is felt in certain quarters, which usually reflect the presidential view, that the party will need a more popular and aggressive figure in the 1932 fight. Curtis will be 72 next January, although he does not look his age, and it is doubtful if he will be able to shoulder the burden of the next campaign as he did in 1928. More intensive effort, it appears, will be necessary on behalf of Hoover than was required three years ago. Moreover, should Hoover be reelected, it is feared Curtis’ age might prove a handicap in presiding over the tight and turbulent senate lineup. There has been some mumbling against the VicePresident's tendency to use the gavel during debates, and frequently he has showm irritation w’ithout bringing order into the chamber. Numerous leaders would like to see someone like Patrick J. Hurley, secretary of war, or Theodore Roosevelt, Governor of Porto Rico, as the vice-presidential candidate. Both are young, aggressive and rousing speakers of the old-fash-ioned type. Heart Disease Kills Two By Times Special ELKHART. Ind., Nov. 25.—Two men died suddenly here Tuesday, victims of heart disease. They are John C. Wesley, 59, and Dwight M. Ringenberg, 40.

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TAXICAB CRUISING REDUCTION IS SEEN

SON OF GOVERNOR IS RUN DOWN BY AUTO Robert Leslie May Have Sustained Shattered Collar Bone. Robert Leslie, 14, son of Governor Harry G. Leslie, is recovering today at the Methodist hospital from injuries sustained Tuesday night when he slipped and fell in the path of an automobile at Thirtyfourth and Meridian streets. He told his parents and police he had started across the street wmen he slipped and the driver was unable to avoid hitting him. The driver of the car, whose name was not recalled by the Governor, was at the hospital shortly after the accident and visited Leslie and his wife. Hospital attaches were to determine today whether Robert's collar bone is shattered.

SHORTRIDGE TO HAVE FIVE NEW COURSES Home Economics Department to Be Enlarged Next Semester. Five new courses will be offered by the home economics department at Shortridge high school next semester made today by Miss Grace Cass, head of the department. Related art will deal with the study of artistic furnishings in the home. Dealing with the selection and care of the home and its furnishings, budgeting, community life and leisure time activities will be a course in problems in home living. Study of graduation apparel will be made in senior clothing. Advanced work in foods will be offered in Foods 111. a continuation of the more elementary courses on the subject. Home Economics I will be offered especially to freshman girls, and will deal with problems of home life.

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Further Traffic Relief Is Expected When Strict Enforcement Starts. Taxicab cruising and other practices which aggravate traffic have been reduced considerably, Captain Lewis L. Johnson, city traffic department head, announced today after one week of enforcing the new taxicab ordinance. The ordinance will not be enforced strictly until Dec. 15, which is the limit fixed for all cab owners and drivers to abide by the new regulations. “Some time was given them to secure new licenses, take physical examinations and meet other requirements of the new ordinance,” Captain Johnson explained. Police traffic officials have held numerous meetings with drivers to explain provisions of the measure. One important provision is that all taxicab stands shall be established by the public safety board at the request* of owners of property adjoining stand sites. A $25 yearly license fee is charged. This will stop the placing of stands in residential districts where property owners object. Already. Captain Johnson said, the new ordinance has eliminated practically all the “squatter” cab stands. Taxicabs will be required to proceed two blocks before turning to repass a given spot. This is intended to halt cruising.

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BULLETS SPEED FLEEINOCROOK City Man Fires Shotgun at Escaping Burglar. Surprising a burglar at work in his house, Robert Cotner. 3646 Kenwood avenue, Tuesday night fired one charge from a shotgun at the fleeing intruder. The burglar fled the house when Mrs. Cotner came down stairs. She found the front door open and the lower floor of the house ransacked. She told the police the thief entered by using a key the Corners had concealed on the front porch. No loot was obtained. Theft of clothing valued at $95

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from a storeroom in the Pennsylvania hotel, 947 North Pennsylvania street, was reported to police by Nathan Debrill. 1817 North Arsenal avenue, hotel employe. Clothing valued at several hundred dollars was stolen from the garage of S. J. Patterson, 25 West Twenty-second street, Monday night, he informed officers. The loot consisted of seven cases of sample apparel. Miss Georgiar/ia Burns. 748 Bankers Trust building, informed police Monday afternoon a sneak thief stole a ring valued at SIOO and $1 from the office. Slashing a oantrv window screen, a burglar stole -jewelry valued at sls and $2 50 Monday night. J. D. Strachan. 3268 Broadway, informed police. Net operating income ot Class 1 railroads in the United States declined more than 32 per cent in July.