Indianapolis Times, Volume 43, Number 197, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 December 1931 — Page 14

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GERMANS SPEND FOREIGN MONEY EXTRAVAGANTLY Unprofitable Apartments, Parks Eat Most of Huge Loans. (This is the tilth of a series he W.l.h Miller, European trnrrsl news manarer *f the I'nitfd Prm, who hot Keen tourInr (.frmjnr, inresticatinr political and • ronomte rnnditions.) RV HERR MILLER Iniled Pres* Staff Correspondent (Copvrieht. 1331, bv United Press) BERLIN, Dec. 26.—Money poured Into Germany by the United States and other creditors, which the Reich now is unable to pay, has been sunk largely on projects from which no return will help pay off the debt. Misjudgment, over-optimism, and extravagances of "pork barrel politics” by the borrowers, and miscalculation, insufficient investigation, and over-eagerness to lend at high interest rates by the lenders, arc some of the factors in the lending and spending of part of the $2,500,000,000 which Germans borrowed from 100,000 American investors. That is the opinion of men who have watched the development of Germany in recent years. Economy Is Ordered Although the government has made a general denial of extravagance, it admitted that more than 250,000,000 marks of borrowed money in the past six years went for luxuries such as sports grounds, parks, art and sciences. Another admission of extravagance v.as contained in an order from the ministry of labor for future restrictions in the size and equipment of workers’ flats. "In recent years too large and 100 expensive apartments have been built,” the order said. In the future the government will aid in financing construction only if the building was constructed so economically that rents can be paid under existing social conditions. In newer buildings space is limited from thirty-two to forty-five square meters for the average family. Central heating is omitted in some of them. Records show’ that for the six j years ended with December. 1930. ! building permits issued alone in cities over 50,000 population totaled 620,000. This spring, 25,000 apart- ' mrnts wpre under construction in i Berlin. Apartments SlO Monthly The German fortunate enough to j be able to live in the new buildings j is the best housed worker in the ; world. I visited the Britzo settlement on the outskirts of Berlin, a , vast series of modernistic and artis- ; tirally finished buildings, in maroon, mauve and cream stucco placed in , a garden setting. The settlement is as large as a j town. It contains 1,100 flats in a j series of apartment buildings and, 900 dwellings in semi-detached houses. The average rent for one j and a half rooms and kitchen is fifty marks ($10) monthly; for two; nnd a half rooms and kitchen.; seventy marks. All such quarters 1 have bath rooms. The government's part in the con- ; struction of the settlements is in- ‘ cheated by the fact that of 2,680#- j 000,000 marks spent for residential construction in Germany in 1930. 1,156,000.000 marks were advanced from public funds derived from special taxes. There are several explanations of I the building craze, in addition to (he fact that there was no construction in Germany during the World war. After the war the Socialists came into power and began to ap- ! ply (he creed of improvement of conditions for workers and spon- j soring the building of homes such ns those of which Socialist workers dreamed. Depression Hit 'Germany Furthermore the inflation period taught the people that mor.ey may suddenly evaporate, but that brick nnd mortar and machinery and factories will endtire despite the vicissitudes of currency. The result was that many buildings were constructed so expensive- j ly and well fitted that at a rental j based on normal conditions they ; would be beyond the means of the average worker. Despite misjudgment and extravagance in spending. American observers here believe that Germany undoubtedly would have been able to meet her obligations without much difficulty had not the world economic crisis intervened. U. S. In Vicious Circle They saw that over-borrowing was largely the fault of the lenders, especially American and British banks which poured money Into Germany because they were getting 8 per cent interest or more, often without a normal investigation of the borrower s prospects and assets. Due to the intense competition among the lending banks, borrowers often took more than they needed because it was so easy to get. With the vision of expanding world trade, .industrialists enlarged and modernized their factories and increased their capacity enormously in order to compete with the very countries which lent them the money. Nearly 50 per cent of Germany’s Industrial capacity is idle at present, but if world trade revives before their industrial equipment is outdated, Germany will be the best equipped nation in Europe to compete in world markets. The principal creditors, the United Stairs and Britain, are in the anomalous position of having to permit Germany to invade their markets and sell heavily to enable her to repay the money used to build the machine with which creditors are competing.

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BY BEN STERN Reappearance of state senator Lee J. Hartzell, of Ft. Wayne, upon the political stage at this time, with a week-end party for senate members, again has focussed the attention of observers upon the "man who would rather be state senator than right.” According to announcements the | Turkey Run party was sponsored by ! Hartzell and his close friend and associate, Austin Stultz, Ft. Wayne insurance lobbyist. From all indications. Stultz was the chief of the lobbyists during the last session. It takes a good lobbyist to have his secretary appointed as stenographer to the gavel wielder of the senate, Lieutenant-Gover-nor Ed Bush, and Stultz did that. Then it also was not unusual for members of both houses to receive printed invitations to parties (more Rabelaisian than esthetic) with the names of the president pro tem. of the senate, Hartzell, and the lobbyist, Stultz, engraved as the cohosts. tt n tt If Republican senators alone had been invited to the Turkey Run affair, it might have appeared that the party was a move to stimulate interest in Hartzell's reported ambitions to be the Repubican nominee for Lieutenant-Governor, but evidently this was not the real purpose. Someone, supposed to know, has recalled that during every session of the general assembly there is inaugurated a movement to bring the insurance mortality tables down to date and that the Indiana life insurance companies fight this movement, for it would mean reduction in premiums. Then it. is recalled that Stultz is j lobbyist for an Indiana insurance ; company which would be affected — in the exchequer—and there is the possibility of a special session. So the various angles are put together and form a square—slightly bent, perhaps—but still a square. tt an Incidentally, before signing off. you no doubt know the meaning of the legislative term "roller skater.” A "roller skater” is an assemblyman who glides and sometimes runs out of the chamber when a vote is j being taken on a ticklish bill, where j there is possibility that) “he will be j damned if he does and damned if he doesn’t.” Such a bill, for instance, as the j Moorhead measure, giving the pub- J lie service commission authority to inspect the books of utility holding ; companies, which was fought bit- ! terly by the utility lobbyists. Anyhow, Hartzell was known as the “King of the Roller Skaters,” ; because of his many absences from j the senate chamber when a vote! was being taken on an importanti bit of public legislation, the senate journal reveals. They tell me that even the utility j lobbyists sometimes were angry! about his gliding ability. But lobby- , ists are quite accustomed to this. Voters are not.

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Automobiles reported to police as stolen belone to: Brvan Pitcher. Trafalgar. Ind . Ford coach. 21-450. from in front of St. Vincent’s hospital. Archie Green. 1010 West Twenty-ninth street, Chevrolet coupe. 40-301, from Dexter and Twenty-first streets.

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Stolen automobiles recovered by police belong to: H. W. Borneman. 1510 Chester avenue. Auburn seda:i. found at Columbia avenue and Twentieth street. Fred Howenstein. 1033 North Gale street. Chevrolet coupe, found at Twbnty-flfth street and Hillside avenue. Herman Aulls 3706 Roosevelt avenue. Overland coach, found at Sherman drive and Washington street. White Cab Company. 404 Indiana avenue. Ford roach .found at Highland Plaee and Twenty-eighth street. Herman Logue. 737 Center street. Chevrolet. coupe, found at Blake and New York streets. Club Attack Charged fly Times Special ANDERSON. Ind., Dec. 26.—William Massey, barbecue stand proprietor, is under SSOO bond awaiting hearing in police court on a charge of assault and battery on Howard Goar, 1128 West Eleventh' street, M uncle. Trouble occurred when Massey accused Goar of placing slugs in a slot machine. Massey demanded Goar's winnings, was refused, and a fight ensued. The Muncie mai. said he was beaten on the head with a club and lost $l2B in change during the fight. He was accompanied by his wife. Bandit Robs Woman 5;/ Timm Special ANDERSON. Ind., Dec. 26.—A young bandit took all of the money when Mrs. Hazel Inholt, proprietor of a sandwich shop, turned to a i cash register to make change after |he ate a sandwich. The bandit armed with a revolver, took sl7. He | ran out of the shop, disappearing ! in holiday shopping crowds before police arrived, Man, 82, Stays Put By Times Special MT. VERNON, Ind., Dec 26. ! Pitts Johnson this week celebrated his eighty-second birthday on the farm where he was born and has spent all his life. Legion to Hear Griswold By Times Special HARTFORD CITY, Ind., Dec. 26. i —Glen Griswold, representative in congress, will be the speaker at a j meeting here Monday night of Paul | O. Moyer post. American Legion.

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MANY FEATURES IN NEW ICIERE PROVE RJPULAR Even Temperature at All Times Maintained by Refrigerator. That American ingenuity, prop- ! erly applied, can make most anything better, is a truism; that it has made ice refrigeration a lot better is proved by an examination of the new Iciere refrigerator sold by the Polar Ice and Fuel Company, 2000 Northwestern avenue. In general appearance, probably, the Iciere would not appear greatly different from the ordinary good refrigerator. It is tall, occupies little floor space, and is as glistening white and shiny as any of them. Its fixtures are unusually beautiful, too. But it is when one examines the interior design that the real difference is found. The Iciere is so built that it can be supplied with cracked ice, which not only saves the use of the ice pick, but permits delivery of ice in a more sanitary way. This cracked ice is poured into a basket at the top of the refrigerator, a basket which permits circulation of air all around it and through it when the ice supply gets low. Even Temperature Kept This feature alone tends to keep the interior of the refrigerator at a more even temperature. Warm air rises. A half degree will keep air in motion. It rises to the ice, is cooled and settles down—just enough circulation to keep the air sweet, and almost a uniform temperature throughout the refrigerator. Arrangements are made for a drip pan that is drained out of the refrigerator through an airlock that does not permit the outside air to come in. The rest of the space in the refrigerator—and there is a lot of it —is for the storage of food. This .storage takes place where the air is coldest—under the ice. But how about cracked ice melting more to keep the same temperature? No, it does not. There is more ice surface exposed to the air of the refrigerator, the temperature is kept nearer freezing, and there is no more melting to hold this temperature than there would be from a solid block. Five Pounds Enough It requires just so much melting to cool a certain amount of air, and the shape of the block that is melting may affect the time required to cool the air, but not the amount of heat that is absorbed. But when the ice supply gets low, the Iciere holds the food just as cold as when the refrigerator is filled with ice, until the supply is so small that it can not cool the air. If an Iciere could be operated with five pounds of ice in the basket all of the time the results would be just as satisfactory as if it had seventy-five pounds, because the warm air is drawn down through the cracked ice, is exposed to a large surface of ice, and cools just as satisfactorily. Parts Are Removable The Iciere has another fine point. Everything can be taken out of it and washed at the kitchen sink if desired, and the interior can be cleaned like one might clean the interior of a bathtub, for instance. The iciere always can be kept sweet. No better refrigeration exists than that accomplished with ice, mast housewives will agree. With the Iciere and the supply of pure ice from the Polar Company one has everything that could be desired. NEW ZEP TO CARRY 50 German Dirigible, Ready in Spring. Will Be Larger Than Graf. By United Press FRIEDRICHSHAFEN, Germany, Dec. 26.—A new' Zeppelin, the LX--128, will be completed next spring with accommodations for fifty passengers and ample freight. The new ship will be larger than the Graf Zeppelin. Storm Washes Up Amber By United Press KOENIGSBERG, East Prussia, Dec. 26.—An unprecedented storm on the Baltic coast had washed up a record harvest of amber today, the largest since 1914. Three hundred kilograms were washed ashore at the village of Crantz alone. The largest piece weighed more than a pound. Christmas Tree Stolen By Times Special ANDERSON, Ind., Dec. 26.—A Christmas tree adorned with thirty-, six electric, lights was stolen from in front of the Fadely & Ulmer shoe store.

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Cleanliness Stressed by Dairy Firm Sanitation should be the milk dealer's other name. Some people have a habit of confounding the I idea of cleanliness with sanitation. I It is *perfectly true that a place can : not be sanitary without being clean, but it may be clean without being entirely sanitary. The conscientious milk dealer, being a purveyor of food, will insist on both. It is this insistence that has made the Weaver Dairy, 1934 Madison avenue, so successful in the part of Indianapolis it serves. L. H. Weaver, the proprietor, believes that no precaution is too great to assure the purity of the milk and other dairy products he handles, and he has equipped his place especially in order to carry out his ideas in this respect. Special Doors Used The equipment goes so faras to use special doors, so built up from laminated sections that they are impervious to moisture, and as such have no hiding place for bacteria or germ life. The building his dairy occupies is surrounded by sunlight on all sides, so that this powerful antiseptic force enters every room. The entire dairy is built to make its cleanliness a dominant feature. Even procurement of the milk is looked after carefully. Every shipment is tested immediately on arrival for bacterial content, and unless it measures to a high standard is not sent out to his customers. Pasteurization is accomplished through the use of the more modern type of machines, winch are provided with thermostatic control so that, the heat is sufficient to rid the milk of all germ life and yet not enough to alter either the taste or the cream line. Serves Southside Independently owned and operated, the Weaver Dairy is more than a milk sailing depot. There is considerable pride in seeing how well it can discharge its duty to the community and how w'eli it can serve the territory it supplies, which lies south of Washington and west of State. To the large clientele built up in this section Weaver serves milk, cream, butter and buttermilk, and in the seventeen years he has been operating has built the confidence of his customers to 'large proportions. His dairy never is specially on display, but visitors always are welcome and will be shown through at any time. HUNGER MARCH IS TOPIC Miss Thei Beran to Talk at Workers’ Center Sunday. Miss Ethel Beran, secretary of the Chicago chapter of the Workers’ International Relief, will speak at 2:30 Sunday afternoon at Workers Center, 932% South Meridian street, on "The Role of Relief in the Labor Movement.” Miss Beran was in charge of the western delegation of national hunger marchers to congress Dec. 7. She will describe the march and the delegation’s reception at the capital. RESUME BRIDGE DUEL First Matinee Session in Contract Match Set for Today. By United Press NEW YORK, Dec. 26 —The first afternoon session in the 150-rubber contract bridge promoted by Sidney S. Lenz and Ely Culbertson will be held at 2:30 today. Oswald Jacoby will play with Lenz as usual, while Theodore A. Lightner probably will be Culbertson's partner. Culbertson holds a lead of 14.525 points, with play starting on the eighty-seventh rubber today. MAY OR TO VISIT SH 0 W Will Aid in First Night Program of Berkell Players. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan and Louis J. Borinstein, president of the Chamber of Commerce, will be guests of honor at the first performance of “Rebound” by the Berkell players Monday night at Keith’s theater. Milton Byron, director, will be master of ceremonies at a presentation of the cast between the first and second acts. Mayor Sullivan and Borinstein will participate.

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Loss of Transportation Would Be Handicap to Citizens. The people of a community have a vital interest in the means of communication. They are concerned with the telephone system, the character of the streets, and the street railway and bus lines. The merchants downtown would have a hard time to get the purchasers into their stores if it were not for a cheap and quick means of transportation, and most of thd larger theaters would be unused a large part of the time. Few great public meetings could be held. Football would lose a part of its patronage, and baseball would drop its profits if people could not get to the park quickly and cheaply. Yet in all probability the man most concerned should be the workman. He is required to be at a certain place at a certain time, or some one else goes on his job. If he drives a car, he may not often need either the busses or the street cars, but even with his own flivver he will find times when the street car or bus will save him the loss of a day’s pay. If he has no car, the public NEGRO BITES CAPTOR. FLEES FROM POLICE Recaptured Later, Slated for Mayhem, Robbery Attempt. Biting one of his captors and fleeing from police, Eugene Edmonds, Negro, 24, of 1414 Columbia avenue, is held today on charges of mayhem and resisting an officer, after he is alleged to have attempted to rob Harold Haslet, 30, of 1614 Ludlow avenue, Friday night. Floyd Caylor, 1822 Hillside avenue, who was aiding Haslet in holding Edmonds in the 1600 block. East Ninteenth street, was bitten on the hand by the Negro. As police took Edmunds to the patrol box. he broke away and fled to Hillside avenue where he was recaptured. Haslet told officers a second Negro was involved in the purported holdup attempt, but fled during the struggle. Haslet was held on a vagrancy charge when police said he had been drinking. FRANCE ADMITS LYNDS American Couple, expelled by Tndia, Will Return to U. S. Soon. Bit United Press MARSEILLES, France, Dec. 26. Mr. and Mrs. Henry Lynd of San Francisco, expelled from India by British officials on the charge of promoting Communism, arrived here today on the liner Viceroy of India. They were allowed to disembark after conferences between British and American consuls. Through intervention of United States Ambassador Walter E. Edge, the Lynds were enable to spend a short vacation on the Riviera before sailing for the United States. They denied the charges. Hunt Relatives Relatives of William Moore, 50, of 1121 South Senate avenue, are sought today by police and city hospital attaches following his death Friday at the. hospital. Moore succumbed to cerebro-apinal meningitis.

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