Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 49, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 July 1933 — Page 2

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SKIP-ELECTION LAW AIDS CITY BUDGET-MAKERS Indianapolis Pulls Through Emergency Only by ‘Legislative Help.' Two laws enacted by the 1933 Indiana legislature have enabled the city of Indianapolis to balance Its budget for the last six months ol this year, it was disclosed today. The prenatal and dental clinics, employing fourteen dentists, six dental assistants, and four doctors in pre-natal work, were discontinued. Additional aid was given Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan and Evans Woollen Jr., city controller, in arriving at a balanced budget when every city department reported a substantial balance in funds following drastic retrenchments last year. A total of $137,000 was obtained as a result of the two laws, $65,000 from the beer excise tax law and $72,000 from postponement of the primary election as contained in the ‘‘skip-election” law, which cut the actual tax shortage for the last half year to approxmiately $234,000. Purchases Are Postponed Warned at budget balancing conferences for the first half year, when many departmental funds were pruned to the bone, and 5 per cent wage cut was made affecting all city employes, department heads have postponed the purchasing of supplies and equipment except when absolutely necessary, to permit the savings in their balance. The board of safety, including the fire and police departments, reported a saving of $90,948.57 under its appropriation. The board of works reported a balance of $35,500. • The recreation department still must cut expenses despite the fact that the park board reported a saving of $24,168.57 under its budget for the first six months. Tax delinquencies totaling $15,438 and the anticipated reduction of $20,890 in miscellaneous revenues threaten the department with a net deficit of $23,700. “Wage Vacations” Slated The health department will be aided by Sullivan by an appropriation from his special emergency fund, which contains a balance of $18,090. Two weeks’ ‘‘wage vacations” also will be required for all school nurses and employes of the health division. The sanitary board has made provisions to absorb its $35,000 shortage by curtailment of buying, thus retaining all present personnel. Maurice Tennant, board president, in a letter to the mayor, asserted that not further personnel cuts could be made in the sanitary di-

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i Mrs. Ida B. Wise Smith, left, of Des Moines, is pictured after her election to the presidency of the Women's Christian Temperance Union at its convention in Milwaukee, with the retiring president, Mrs. Ella A. Boole of Brooklyn. Mrs. Smith began temperance work fifty years ago at the age of 12, when she taught a Sunday school class.

vision without endangering its service. Departments operating under special tax levies have suffered most, according to Woollen. The city sinking fund also was hard hit by the 16 per cent tax delinquencies, but this shortage has been made up by transfering funds from other balances not materially affected. Asa result, the city will not default on any of its outstanding bond or interest indebtedness. Money now is on hand to pay indebtedness falling due Aug. 1. “We have been exceedingly cautious during the first six months,” Sullivan said, in commentnig on the savings in many departments, “because we anticipated an emergency of this kind and foresaw' an additional tax delinquency. However, we did not anticipate it would be as high as 16 per cent. “It is fortunate that we did economize as much as w'e did, for now we are able to go ahead without greatly impairing the departmental services, although it will be necessary for us to postpone purchase of equipment which is needed badly and wUi have to be taken care of later.” When Nellie, the red-headed waitress doesn’t appear . . . Mr. Restaurant Owner, have no fear . . , help is near . . just call TWA, Riley 5551 Job empty at 7 , . . will be filled by 11.

Sleep Peril Man Walks in His Dreams; Four Ribs Are Broken.

By United Press - Rochester, ind., July 7. The popular theory that “sleep walkers” are more cautious than persons awake was blasted when Alf Carter, local merchant, suffered four fractured ribs and cuts and bruises as result of a sleeping excursion. Carter’s sleep walking started in an upstairs bedroom and ended at the bottom of a flight of stairs where his wife found him unable to move. TAXI DRIVER REWARDED Paid for Car Damage, $lO Extra for Helping Nab Bandit Suspects. Safety board today awarded Leon Allgood, taxi driver, 1103 Kappes street, a $lO reward and S3B payment for damage to his car on the night of June 26 when he helped Policeman Fred Swego capture two alleged bandits in front of Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan's home at 503 North Capitol avenue after robbery of a restaurant at 12 West Market street.

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PETITE BLOND CHARGED WITH CHECKjRAUDS Girl, 21, Says She Is Former Student of Purdue; Bond Set at $3,000. A pretty, petite blond, who says her name is Dorothy Brown Jenner, 21, former Purdue university student, paced a cell today in city prison, unable to obtain $3,000 bond on charges of passing fraudulent checks for approximately $1,500. Also under arrest in connection with her case are Truman Lamar, 26, Rural Route 12, Box 61, alias L. D. Lamar, and Thomas A. Hesselgrave, 430 North Walcott street. Lamar is under $3,000 bond facing a bad check charge and Hesselgrave is under $2,000 bond on a vagrancy charge. Bad Checks Charged Mrs. Jenner gave the same address as Hesselgrave’s when she was arrested Thursday afternoon on a vagrancy charge after she is alleged to have given a bad check for $767 at Litzelman & Rawlings, automobile firm, 3551 Massachusetts avenue. She was arrested by Detectives Stewart Coleman and Fay Davis and Patrolman Elbert Romeril, who assert she has passed between $1,500 and $1,900 worth of fraudulent checks, including several at downtown department stores. Divorce Suit Defendant Pretty and well dressed, Mrs. Jenner is alleged to have represented herself as the daughter of a wealthy consulting engineer and to have told several prospective check victims she has $9,500 in cash in Indianapolis banks and approximately $50,000 worth of valuable property at Gary and Hammond. She became a bride June 9 of this year, and nine days later was made a defendant in a divorce suit in superior court two in which the husband alleged she had several bad checks in circulation at the time of their marriage, and wrote two others afterward. CIVIC CLUB TO MEET South Meridian Street Group to Discuss Closing of Dumps. An open meeting of the South Meridian Street Civic Club will be held at 8 tonight in Druds hall, 1315 South Meridian street, to discuss the closing of the Minnesota street dumps. A committee of the club, which has reported the dumping of inflammable articles and garbage, has invited Dr. Herman G. Morgan, secretary of the board of health, to attend the meeting.

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Resignation of Richard Lieber, director of the Indiana state conservation department since its organization fourteen years ago, was accepted today by Governor Paul V. McNutt. (Story on page one.)

Lucky Fall Peculiar Circumstances Save Pocketbook From Bandits.

Benjamin Harris, 34, 1324 West Market street, saved his pocketbook Thursday by following the old axiom of football coaches to fall right.” Walking across the Washington street bridge over White river, Harris was accosted by one of five Negroes who suddenly loomed out of the darkness. “What are you looking at?” one of the Negroes asked. Harris assured the quintet that he wasn’t looking at anything; in fact, his only interest in life at that moment was to get home as quickly as possible. The Negroes sat upon him, knocking him down. He landed in a sitting position. In vain the Negroes struggled to get a billfold out of Harris’s hip pocket, and when automobiles approached seized his black felt hat and ran. In the Air Weather conditions at 9 a. m: West-southwest wind, 8 miles an hour; temperature, 82; barometric pressure, 30.01 at sea level; general conditions, clear; ceiling, unlimited; visibility, 12 miles.

HIT-RUN DRIVER WHIPSWOMAN Lashes Elderly Mother, Son With Wire Cable After Auto Crackup. Alleged to have lashed an elderly woman and her son with a wire

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cable after sideswiping their car, a hit-and-run driver was being sought today by police. Fred Freije. 20. of 4102 Cornelius avenue, reported Thursday night to police that he and his mother, Mrs. Rebecca Freije, were driving north on Meridian street when the hit and run driver attempted to pass them from the rear in the 4300 block and his automobile crashed into theirs. A short argument ensued. Freije told police, and the other man went to his car and obtained a length of wire cable. Freije said he was beaten severely with the cable

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length and the other driver also struck his mother in the face with his fist and belabored her head and shoulders with the cable. Freije said the other driver then cursed him and his mother, returned to his automobile and drove away. SCHOOL LEADER~DEAD FT WAYNE, Ind.. July 7.—Merton W. Arnold. 53. a principal of elementary schools here for twen- | ty-six years, died Thursday of i diphtheria.