Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 21, Indianapolis, Marion County, 5 June 1933 — Page 7

JUNE 5, 1933.

HALT PAY FOR TOILF.T KITS OF FOREST ARMY Budget Director Informs Senate Probers He Is Holding Up Checks. H’j Srrippt-Hfnr>irri Xe.icipaper AUinnre WASHINGTON, June s.—Budget Director Lewis Douglas has stopped payment to the contractor supplying toilet, kits for members of the reforestation camps because of the excessive price agreed upon, the senate committee Investigating the contract has been informed. Further deliveries of the kits, which Army Quartermaster-General Dewitt testified are costing the government 65 cents more than they should, have been stopped. Richard Bevier, New York contractor, whose contemplated profits on the deal was estimated by senators at $42,000, or 21 cents for each of the 200.000 kits, will face senators today who are seeking to learn Why the government has been called upon to pay the higher figure. General Dewitt said that the army could obtain the same equipment for 75 cents on a competitive bidding basis, whereas Director Fechner of the citizens’ conservation corps and his chief assistant, James T. McNentee, agreed to pay $1.40. Insist Emergency Existed Fechner and McEntce insisted that an emergency existed and that Ihere was no time for competitive bidding. Democratic and Republican senators alike questioned his methods and seemed disinclined to acerpt his statements. At one time, Fechner was threatened with contempt of the senate for refusing to estimate Bovier’s profits alter he had told Senator Reynolds (Dem., N. C.), that he knew "in confidence” what they were. Informed by Senator Sheppard, chairman, that he must answer or face the consequences, he said 15 per cent. The two officials thought it necessary to make independent purchases of toilet equipment, because McEntee on a visit to the camp at Luray, Vn., inspected toilet articles which had been issued by the w'ar department and found them unsatisfactory. Pressed by senators for detailed criticism he was vague. Claims He Made Good Buy Fechner informed the budget bureau and Louis M. Howe, secretary to the President, that they were buying the material cheaper than could be supplied by the war department, and urged that he be given instructions to make an emergency contract. Howe, in earlier testimony, completely Satisfied senators that he knew nothing of the transaction other than what Fechner had represented. Even after General DeWitt's testimony that the army could obtain the equipment 65 cents a kit cheaper. Fechner insisted he had made a good buy. Senators seemed annoyed because Bevier was permitteed to assist in the preparation of the contract, likewise of memoranda for the war department and for the files, for future reference to the controllergeneral in the event he questioned tlie bills when it came time for payment. Senators interpreted this memoranda as indicating that the contractor expected trouble.

POLL WORKERS MAY HAVE BEER, IS RULING But, They Must Send for It, Is Ediet of Glenn Ralston. If officials at the repeal election polls Tuesday want beer for their lunches they can have it. But they must find someone to obtain it for them, becau.se they are barred from leaving polling places until the counting is completed. This was the edict issued today by Glenn B. Ralston, county clerk. He said there was no statute to prevent the officials from consuming 3.2 beer although the election board does not encourage it. Tuesday will be the first time in forty years that legal beer has been available on an election day. 12 TO GET DEGREES Indianapolis Students to Be Graduated From Illinois U. Twelve young men and women from Indianapolis will be graduated at the University of Illinois next Monday. They are: Alice B. Barry, 3453 Guilford avenue: Charles H. Creasser. 306 Bieking street; Kenneth J. Galm, 5683 Washington boulevard: Catherine Lewis. 3601 College avenue: Dorothy Lyon. 2035 North Meridian street Donald S. McCloskey. 1527 North Chester street; Hary D. Miller, 1405 Lawrence avenue: Henry C. Prange. 653 Middle drive. Woodruff Place: Joe R. Schuyler. 520 East Fifty-sixth street; Theodore M. Sperry, 3464 Birchwood avenue: Anne Withers, 2263 North Pennsylvania street, and George V. Zintel, 2407 North Talbot street.

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Automobiles reported to police as stolen belong to: C V. Barton, 1742 Ingram street. Plvmou’h redan. 51-637. from In front of 604 East Twelfth street C J MandiKe 49 North Mount street Fmri coupe. 92-521. from in front of 49 North Mount .-tree'. Homer Goodin. IT. R 6. Box 638-A. Chevrolet coupe, 95-445. from 1600 South Meridian street. Ella Harris 1624 Boulevard place. Ford sedan 39-035. from garage a; 2438 Pans avenue. Carl Conner St. Louis. Mo.. Dodge sedan. 459-418 Missouri, from in front of 64 N Jrth Pennsvlvama street Joe Sgro. 914 Lexington avenue. Ford panel hodv truck. T-9669. from Court and Alabama streets Bvron Newhouse. Rushvilie. Incl.. Essex coach 313-659, from Washington street and Virginia avenue Hetschcl Shat to. Dunkirk. Ind . Ford sedan. 379-008 from Kentucky avenue and Maryland street.

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Stolen Automobiles recovered bv police belong; to Paul Lane. Ninety-sixth street and county line Ford roadster, found on Pennsylvania street north ot Ninety-sixth street, completely stripped Raymond Roberts Noblesville. Ind . Chevrolet sedan, found in rear of 909 West Walnu' -treet, stripped of five tires and a bat rry Hon W Spicer, ’.jut King avenue. Ford tudor. found In the waterworks dumps, stripped of four tires. Ross Robinson. 44! Rlake street. Bulck sedan, found at 700 West Walnut street Jerry Ooodwin. 1805 Lambert street Chevrolet truck, found at Market and Greeley streets. Lawrence Sawin. 144* North Euclid avenue Ford roadster, found near Plainfield.. •tripped.

World’s Fair Visitor Can Spend Week in Seeing Marvels of Exposition for $38.55

Cost Is Low If Necessities Only Are Figured in Budget. BY ELIZABETH WALKER NEA Srrvice Special Writer CHICAGO, June s.—Thousands are asking, "How much will it cost to see the world fair” The answer depends, of course, on how far the visitor travels, how long he stays in Chicago, and many other things. However, it has been estimated that an individual can spend a week taking in the sights at A Century ol Progress, seeing 90 per cent of all there is to see, and staying at a good hotei, for well under SSO. This figure would include: Room wtih bath, five days, $12.50. Meals for seven days, sl4. Admission to the fair, six days, $6. Many Attractions for 53.10 Admission to Chinese temple, Streets of Paris, Belgian and Oriental villages, South Pole ship, Ft. Dearborn and Lincoln group, $3.10. Admissions to supplementary exhibits at Art institute, Field museum, Shedd aquarium and Adler planetarium, sl. Miscellaneous sideshows, including Sppctaculum, 75 cents. Local transportation in Chicago, $1.20. This totals $38.55. The figures allow for little but essentials and obviously may be contracted or expanded as the visitor wishes. Transportation by train or auto will be added expense. Many Exhibits Free Whether a person stays within his budget depends largely on how much he spends on that boulevard ot ballyhoo, the Midway, where amusement concessions are located. It derives its name as well as its scale of prices from Chicago's first fair in 1893. Most of the fair exhibits are free, and among them is the Enchanted Isle for children, where sightseeing parents may check their offspring while they see the fair. However, the children themselves must pay sums ranging from a penny to 15 cents to explore the

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Magic Mountain, or ride on the miniature railroad, or be amused by any one of a score of attractions designed for children only. The visitor may see 12,000 free exhibits. It is estimated that the fair’s winding aisles and corridors, if placed together, would extend more than eighty-two miles. Also, there are numerous concessions for which admission is charged, which would total perhaps $75, with the added luxury of a rickisha, a boardwalk chair or a gondola. If pennies must be watched, cost can be cut by staying in a private home or apartment. A recent survey showed that the city has

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Many Exhibits Free: Rooms Are Available From Dollar Up. 400,000 rooms available, ranging in price from $1 a day in private homes to $25 a day for de luxe suites in Michigan boulevard hotels. Close by Grant park, site of the exposition, are several first-class hotels which are offering double rooms without bath for $3 a day, or single rooms for $2. With bath, double rooms are available for $4 and single rooms for $2.50. Railroads Cut Rates Certified tourist camps have been established on the outskirts of the city for motorists who want more reasonably priced accommodations. Those who travel by railroad will have the benefit of 1 1-10 fare for a round-trip ticket good for sixteen days; thirty-day tickets are obtainable for 1 i-3 the usual fare. Railroads have established uniform rates. Cost of eating will depend largely on taste. Meals at hotels run from 50 cents upward. Sandwiches may be had on the fairground for 5 and 10 cents. | One of the boasts of those responsible for the exposition is that 85 per cent of the $25.000.000’s worth of attractions, condensed within its 424 acres of grounds, are available for the general admission charge of 50 cents for adults and 25 cents for children. There’s Much to See Chief among the eighty-five buildings whose exhibits are wide open to visitors within the exposition gates are; The Hall of Science, the Agricultural and Dairy buildings, the General Exhibits group, the Federal building and Hall of States, the Electrical group. Hall of Religion and the vast Travel and Transport building. General admission tickets are also passports to such specific places of pleasure as the picturesque Japanese and Italian, Czechoslovakian, Polish and Egyptian pavilions, the Moroccan village and Maya temple, home planning hall and the colony of model homes surrounding it, the United States army camp, the magnificent biuldings of a score

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of private exhibitors, and the poultry farm, where prize-winning hens from all over the world are engaged in an egg-laying marathon. TECH ALUMNI ELECT SIX Harry Ice Elected President at Annual Dance of Group. At the annual business meeting and dance of the alumni association of the Arsenal Technical high school, Saturday night, Harry Ice was elected president of the alumni group to succeed Russell Clift. More than 3,000 graduates, including the 1933 class, attended the affair. ORDERED TO CITY POST Thomas Sherburne to Be Indiana Military Area Chicf-of-^taff. Colonel Thomas Sherburne, now in command of the Fifth cavalry. Ft. Clark, Texas, will report at Indianapolis, June 30, relieving Major J. H. Davidson as chief-of-staff of the Indiana military area. Captain Gaorge S. Beurket, who reported here last week for duty with Indiana reserves, was granted a leave of absence, and now is in Pennsylvania with his family.

MINIMUM BARBER PRICES ESTABLISHED 35 Cents for Hair Cut Will Be Charged in City. Higher prices became effective today in more than 600 barber shops in the city, it was announced by Leon Worthall, representative of the

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tlon of self-shavers and that where 100 shaves were given, only fifteen are now given. He pointed out that hither rents for shops and added casts due to sanitary regulations are other facts necessitating higher prices. Peru Lodce to Hold Rites Peru lodge. No. 52. Independent Order of Odd Fellows, will hold a memorial service Sunday night at 7:30 in the Methodist church of that city.