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LAGER LOVERS HERE PREFER BOTTLE BEER And There's Reason: They Are Sure of Getting All They Pay For. TRICKS IN TRADE BARED High Collar, Chiseling on Brands Bars in Way of Keg Brew Favor. Thit in thr U*l of a wrira of *torlti on thf price of beer in Indianapolis. BY ARCH STEINEL Times Staff Writer Indianapolis and vicinity buy more bottled beer than keg brew. The city's lager lovers purchased 64 968 gallons of bottled beer to 64,193 gallons of keg beer from Aug. 16 to Sept. 1. The price of the keg beer, high collars on mugs, a few chiseling purveyors who give from one to two ounces less beer than reputable dealers for a 10-ccnt stein, is declared by one beer distributor to be the reason the city and vicinity have not taken to keg beer. -Why should we buy a ten or twelve-ounce stein of beer and get all the way from one to two ounces of collar on our beer when we can get full measure in a bottle of beer?" ask the drinkers of bottled brew. Keg Leads Elsewhere Statistics of the state excise department show that where other sections of the state sell keg beer at a ratio ranging one gallon of bottled beer sold to fifteeen gallons of keg beer to other ratios of 10 to 1, 4 to 1 and 2 to 1, that Indianapolis and vicinity practically is evenStephen in the sales oi bottled and keg beer. For instance, the Calumet Breweries. East Chicago, Ind.. importers, sold 30.000 galfons of keg brew to 3,000 gallons of bottled beer. That rural sections drink the keg beer in preference to bottled beer is shown in the statement of another importer. Handy Beverage Company, Shelbvville, with 1,514 gallons of bottled beer sold to 12.880 gallons of keg brew in a two weeks’ period. Pay on 35,349 Gallons The Indiana Breweries, makers of Indianapolis lager, in their statement to the state excise department show that they paid taxes or. 35.349 gallons of bottled beer and 32,550 gallons of keg beer during the period of Aug. 16 to Sept. 1. The two importers of Indianapolis, the Hoosier Brewery and State Brewery, divide the handling of bottled and keg brew. The State Brewery* handled 29.619 gallons of bottled beer to the Hoosier Brewery's bookkeeping work on 31.643 gallons of keg beer during the last two weeks of August. Five other breweries in the state produced a ratio of from 2 to 1 to 6 to 1 more keg beer than bottled beer in the last two weeks of August, while the Indianapolis brewery's output was slightly in favor of bottled beer. Laid to High Price The continued demand for bottled beer in Indianapolis and vicinity, despite a forecast that keg beer would reap a harvest, is lrrid at the door of high beer prices for the draught product. It is pointed out that if the city had more local breweries, that a stiller competition would result in a probable beer war similar to the wars in Milwaukee and Chicago, with the resultant benefit to the consumer in that with peace draught beer would be sold at a lower price to the consumer, and thereby raise the gross profits of re(Turn to Page Five) EMPLOYMENT AT PEAK Indiana Harbor Mills at 1929 Level, With 12,000 Working. By United Pres * INDIANA HARBOR. Ind.. Sept. 18.—Employment in Indiana Harbor steel mills reached 12.000 persons today. the highest figure since the boom days of 1929. Inland steel is furnishing work to 7.400 persons while Youngstown Sheet and Tube has 4.500 on its payroll. in 1929. the two mills employed 13.000. the highest in their history. BANKERS’ EX-HEAD DIES Francis H. Sisson, 63, Succumbs to Heart Ailment. By United Press YONKERS. N. Y., Sept. 18 Francis H. Sisson. 62, vice-president of the Guaranty Trust Company of New York, and a former president of the American Bankers' Association, died Sunday at his home here. He had been ill of a heart ailment. Times Index Page Book a Day 8 Bridge Broun Column 4 Classified 12 Comics 13 Crossword Puzzle 11 Curious World 11 Diettz on Science 7 Editorial 4 Financial 11 Fisfcing 7 Have-a-Hobbv 6 Hickman Theater Renews 8 Hitler Rules Germany—A Series. 5 Industrial Page 9 Lodge Page - 8 Obituaries 3 Radio Serial Story 13 Sports 10 Talburt Cartoon 4 Vital Statistics 11 Woman's Page 6 Obituaries 3

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Roosevelt Is III; Running Slight Fever President Is Suffering From Cold, Is Announcement at White House. By United Press WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—President Roosevelt is suffering a cold and is running a slight temperature, the White House announced today. UNION PAY PLEA SHUTS THEATER Lyric Closed When Machine Operators Seek Stiff Pay Increases. The Lyric theater today was ordered closed by Charles Olson, owner. when union movie machine operators served notice on the Indiana and Lyric theater managements they would walk out if their wage demands were not met. . , The operators now are receiving $1.53 an hour, but are demanding $1.85. The demands were served only on the Indiana and Lyric because both houses now are under new management and no contracts have been signed, it is declared. While Olson was ordering his current vaudeville bill closed and canceling Sophie Tucker for next week, the managers were notified by the union the operators would work temporarily, as an international officer was on his way here to confer on the situation. Ace Berry, handling the situation for the Indiana, would make no statement. Pants ‘Thanks’ Policeman Gets Birthday Gift —Lace-Adorned Underwear Shorts. PATROLMAN ALBERT BRAHAUM, 1831 Mansfield avenue, is 30 today. Brahaum feels all right about the birthday, but he doesn’t care at all about the present he received Saturday night from a group of “friends” at a party. All was merry and good fellowship was the order of the evening until a tissue-wrapped box was produced and offered to the expectant Brahaum. It contained a pair of blue and white underwear shorts, tastefully adorned with lace and rosettes. Brahaum’s "thanks” do not make suitable reading. POISON DISCOVERED IN BOTTLE OF MILK Deadly Food Left at Home of Letter Carrier. Apparent attempt to poison an Indianapolis family by placing carbolic acid, or a similar poison, in a bottle of milk was reported to police today by health board inspectors. The report stated that the poison was placed in a bottle of milk left on the porch at the home of Albert W. Schmidt. 1550 South High School road, early Friday morning, and that when the bottle was of>ened by Mrs. Schmidt the odor was noticed and the bottle turned over to the health board. The milk is being analyzed, and report on the contents will be given to police and the sheriff. Members of the family said they knew of no reason for the apparent poisoning attempt. Schmidt is a mail carrier working out of the Haughville station. Hourly Temperatures 6 a. m 62 10 a. m 75 7a. m 63 12 (noon>.. 78 Ba. m 68 11 a. m 77 9a. m 72 Ip. m 81

Coal Code Is Readg for Signature of President

By r nitre Prrff WASHINGTON. Sept. 18.—Proposed regulation of prices in the nation's 1.500.000 retail stores commanded attention of recovery officials as the soft coal code was made ready for President Roosevelt's signature today. The master code for retail trades has been awaiting action by Administrator Hugh S. Johnson for several days. With the coal compact completed. Johnson and his aids expected to swing into a thorough study of the retail proposals. Chief issue facing Johnson is whether he shall approve the present provision forbidding stores to sell goods at less than invoice prices plus a certain percentage. The percentages vary from 7 to 10 for various types of stores. Deputy Administrator A. D. Whiteside has recommended that Johnson approve the price control provision, but the consumers’ advisory board opposes it. Presidential signature of the >r

The Indianapolis Times Fair tonight, followed by increasing cloudiness Tuesday; warmer.

OXNAM FIRES BACK IN FIGHT ONRJ. T. C. De Pauw President Brands General’s Charges as ‘Too Erroneous.’ UNIVERSITY IN TURMOIL Withdrawal of Training Unit Looms; Students Take Sides in Clash. Striking back today at Major-Gen-eral George Van Horn Moseley, Fifth army corps area commander, G. Bromley Oxnam, De Pauw university president, asserted the general’s charge that Oxnam is responsible for the decline in the De Pauw R. O. T. C. enrollment is “too erroneous to re-

quire an answer." The De Pauw campus and Greencastle has been thrown into a turmoil by reports that the war department might abolish the military unit and it was reported today that Oxnam, himself, might feel compelled to request its withdrawal. Next regular meeting of the De Pauw trustees will be held in January.

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Major F. M. Brannan, tactical officer of the unit, reported that the total enrollment in the corps this fall was 106, slightly over the 100mark necessary by government regulation to maintain a college corps. Thirty-five freshmen enlisted in the unit, out of a approximate enrollment of 200 eligible freshmen in the university. Major Brannan stated that the unit had received the “excellent rating" mark, highest collegiate ranking since 1929. The reviewing officers last spring reported that both in drill and classroom recitation the unit made a showing comparing favorably with the best college units in the country. It is understood that Oxnam’s objection to the military corps is based on the emphasis that the war department places on national preparedness as opposed to internationalism and upon his belief that tactical officers are not prepared adequately to teach international relations. According to officers of the student body, the students are lined up on both sides of the question and ask as a settlement of the tense (Turn to Page Three) MESSAGE SPIKES TALK OF VAN NUYS’ ILLNESS Secretary Declares Senator’s Health Best Since Congress Ended. Reports that United States Senator Frederick Van Nuys, Indiana, is, critically ill in Walter Reid hospital were spiked today by a telegram received by Will Smith, internal revenue collector, from Paul Sample, Van Nuys’ secretary. Sample said Van Nuys’ health is the best it has been since congress adjourned and that the senator has gained six pounds. FRANCE WOULD SHOW GERMANY BREAKS PACT Threatens Evidence of Arming in Violation of Peace Treaty. (Important details on Page 5) By United Press PARIS, Sept. 18.—France threatened today to submit evidence to the disarmament conference that Germany has persistently violated the Versailles treaty by secretly arming herself. France is known to have in a strong room of the foreign office, a dossier of information on German armament that never has been revealed. Premier Edouard Daladier threatened that if any demand is made that France disarm before real control of present armaments is tried out. France will reveal her evidence.

bituminous coal code, scheduled Sunday, was delayed in order to give the industry more time to prepare for operations under its provisions and to set up the elaborate machinery of regional and national administrative boards. The code becomes effective the second Monday after presidential signature. Thus the one-day delay means the code will go into operation Oct. 2 instead of Sept. 25. Johnson said there had been no further “hitch'’ which would prevent action by the President today. Recovery officials regarded completion of the long-disputed coal code as perhaps their greatest single achievement. Nearly 400.000 miners now employed will receive generally higher wages. The increases range up to 40 and 50 per cent. Miners are given unrestricted right to organize and to live where they choose. Tney are assured that they will receive their wages in actual cash, instead of being given receipts for rent of (Turn to Page Three),

INDIANAPOLIS, MONDAY, SEPTEMBER 18, 1933

Jean Harlow Flies to Arizona, Weds Screen Cameraman in Dead of Night

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FIRE TRUCK IN CRASH;4HURT Pumper Strikes Tender of Locomotive During Alarm Run. Four city firemen were injured, one seriously, when a pumper truck, en route to a fire, struck a B. & O. passenger train at the Emerson avenue crossing shortly before noon today. Edward Duckum, 5131 East Walnut street, chauffeur of the pumper, from Engine House 25 at 5430 East Washington street, was injured most seriously, sustaining a broken hip, broken ribs and internal injuries. Lieutenant George Harmon, 23 Johnson avenue, on the front seat with Duckum, is believed to have sustained a broken shoulder and other injuries. John Kramer, 606 North Riley avenue, another fireman, was injured less seriously, and Walter H. Gray, 509 North Bosart avenue, was bruised. All except Gray were rushd to city hospital in ambulances. Harmon said the pumper was en route to a fire at 5430 Burgess avenue and was not traveling at an excessive speed. Witnesses said the pumper struck the locomotive tender about ten feet back of the locomotive. Front end of the truck was demolished and the truck was turned and thrown from the track. Hose in the apparatus was cut to ribbons. Harmon said that as they neared the tracks, he saw the locomotive loom up “as big as a mountain." “I yelled—‘Look out, Ed; train,’” he said. “Then we crashed, and I went flying into the air and that’s all I remember."

Harveg Bailey, 11 Others On Trial for Kidnaping

By United Press OKLAHOMA CITY. Okla., Sept, 18.—Harvey J. Bailey, killer, bandit, and kidnaper, and eleven other persons went on trial today for the kidnaping of Charles F. Urschel, oil millionaire. The federal court building was fortified against the possibility of an underworld delivery. Federal agents say Bailey is “the most dangerous criminal in the United States today.” He and his alleged accomplices are accused of seizing Urschel from his mansion at the point of a machine gun,

$2,750,000 VALUE IS GIVEN NEWBY ESTATE Majority of Property Will Go to Cousins. An estate consisting of approximately $2,000,000 personal property and $750,000 real estate was bequeathed to relatives, associates and charities in the will of Arthur C. Newby, local business man, filed in probate court today. Five cousins, Miss Bertha Mary Edwards. Cora E. Kroh. Belle Phillips. Mary Cornelia Edwards and Beatrice Edwards Brandt, share the bulk of the real estate and household furnishings. Twenty-five per cent of the estate will be divided as follows: Indianapolis Community Fund. Home for Aged Women, James Whitcomb Riley Memorial Association. Earlham college, Butler university. First Friends church. North M. E. church and the Indianapolis Foundation. Children to Entertain The Children's Civic Orchestra, directed by Leslie Troutman, and entertainers of the organization will give a forty-five-minute program at the Fountain Square theater tonight and Tuesday night. The presentation is sponsored by the Federation of Community Civic Clubs.

•My New Husband Can’t Take It,’ She Quips at Hollywood. By United Press HOLLYWOOD, Sept. TB—Jean Harlow, the screen’s famed platinum blond, took her third husband today. Surprising the entire film colony, she boarded an airplane, flew to Yuma, Ariz., and there was married to Harold G. Rosson. well-known motion picture cameraman. It was Rosson’s first marriage. The ceremony was performed by E. A. Freeman, justice of the peace, at 4:30 a. m. Miss Harlow and her third husband returned here immediately in their plane, arriving at 7 a. m. Miss Harlow and Rosson had been seen together frequently in recent weeks, but there had been no intimation that the romance had developed to the point of marriage. Divorced McGrew The screen sifen’s first marriage was to Charles F. McGrew II of Chicago, whom she married in January, 1931. Her second husband was Paul Bern, prominent motion picture producer and director, who committed suicide in September, 1932, less than three months after their wedding. Miss Harlow, in a blacket velvet dress and a fur coat, smiled radiantly as she left the plane here. She said she had known Rosson for two years and that they had been planning the marriage for some time. “My Hubby Can’t Take it" “We have no plans at all," she said. “We may go to Honolulu later on a honeymoon. For the present we both have to see what the studio has for us to do." Rosson, used to taking pictures instead of posing for them, was ill at ease. He was flustered and tried to rush the proceedings. “My new husband can’t take it,” Miss Harlow quipped as Rosson pleaded with the photograpshers to “hurry this thing up." Rosson, 38, short of stature, with dark hair and a small black mustache, said that he and Miss Harlow had been engaged secretly for five months.

LICK CREEK CLAIMS YOUNG MAR'S LIFE Body in Four Feet of Water Near Beech Grove. Believed to have fallen in Lick creek near Beech Grove early today during a nervous attack, Raymond Hickey, 23, of 3235 Bethel avenue, Beech Grove, was drowned. The young man left home about 7:30 this morning. About two hours later, the body was discovered in four feet of water by a friend, Arthur Burge, 248 North Ninth street. Dr. E. R. Wilson, deputy coroner, said he was informed the youth suffered from occasional nervous attacks, during which he lost muscular control. The victim was the son of Mr. and Mrs. John Hickey, with whom he lived.

July 22. Urschel paid $200,000 for his freedom. Confessions of minor members of the band were counted on, to convict the principals. Bailey, leader of the Lansing (Kan.) memorial day prison break and accused in the machine gun massacre of five men at Kansas City' Union Station last June, is charged by the government with engineering the abduction. Testimony of the family of Texas farmers where Urschel was held captive nine days will be directed against him and Albert L. Bates, identified by the kidnap victim as one of the actual abductors. Machine guns bristled throughout the new federal building. Elaborate precautions were taken against Bailey repeating his sensational Labor day escape from the Dallas (Tex.) jail. Machine guns were to be trained on the principal prisoners every minute. Government witnesses and officials were under heavy guard. Elevator service to the tiny ninthfloor courtroom was suspended. Admittance to the courtroom was by pass. Spectators were barred entirely during examination of the 130 prospective jurors today. The defendants, in addition to Bailey and Bates, are: R. C. (Boss) Shannon, his wife, and their son Armon. residents of the Texas farmhouse .where Urschel was held captive: Edward Berman, Charles Wolk Pete Valder, Sam Kronick, Isadore Blumenfield, Sam Kozberg and Clifford Kelly, all of St. Paul and Minneapolis. alleged to have attempted to dispose of part of the ransom. ATTACK SUSPECTS FREE Elderly Woman Unable to Identify Two as Sluggers. Mrs. Steena Harding, elderly housekeeper in the home of Mr. and Mrs. Saul Munter. 1915 North Delaware street, has failed to identify either of two Negroes as the man who slugged her about ten days ago. The Negroes, Harry Owens, 18, and William Jones, 32, were arrested near the Munter home, following the attack.

14 LOSE LIVES IN HURRICANE; MILLIONS LOSS Schooner Goes Down With Father and Three Sons on Board. By United Press NEW BERN, N. C., Sept. 18 North Carolina's hurricane death toll was increased to at least fourteen today when coast guard cutter Pamlico was advised the schooner Dale nad gone down at Ratan bay, near sea level, with Captain Jones Hamilton and his three sons, Nelson, Ralph and Charlie, aboard. A freak tragedy occurred below Beaufort in Carteret county when a woman’s baby was blown from her arms. The child has not been found. Millions Loss in Storm By United Press BEAUFORT, N. C„ Sept. 18.—The hurricane which swept the North Carolina coast over the week-end left a toll of ten known dead and one missing today. Patched communication lines brought word of four men drowned when they were washed from a barge in Albemarle sound, three girls and a woman who died in Carteret county, a sailor washed from the motorship Sun and a fisherman drowned near Nag’s Head. A Negro coast guardsman also was reported missing. Those swept from the barge, two white men and two Negroes, remained unidentified. The bodies of the Negroes were recovered. Two small daughters of Elijah Dixon, Merrimon, were drowned when the water rose to a height of sixteen feet in their home. The 17-year-old daughter of Herbie Caraway, Merrimon, was crushed to death when a house undermined by the water toppled over on her. Mrs. Ella S. Delmar, 51, South River, drowned when South river overflowed its bank ~ Meanwhile, late reports from ilitty Hawk and Nag’s Head indicated that inhabitants had abandoned their homes which had been buffeted by the hurricane late Friday and early Saturday. Reports of damage mounted hourly as more sections were heard from today and is expected to amount to millions of dollars. In Carteret county alone damage was expected to exceed $1,000,000. RESTAURANT COMPANY INCLUDES ASA ELLIOTT Figure in Republican Politics Member of Hammond Firm. Asa Elliott, well-known figure in Republican politics for many years, is one of the incorporators today of anew firm which will operate a restaurant at Hammond. The firm name is Elliott & Punde Corporation and the business will be at Hohman avenue, Hammond. Other incorporators are Carl Punde, Hammond, and William Haverly, Greencastle. Capital stock was set at $3,000. Elliott, for many years, was in the federal government service both at Hammond and in Indianapolis. Later he was chief of the arson division in the office of Alfred E. Hogston, then state fire marshal. HUNDREDS ASK FOR STATE ROAD JOBS Applicants Turned Away as ‘Hitch’ Delays Program. Hundreds of unemployed applied for the state highway road-widening jobs today and were disappointed. Chairman James D. Adams assumed responsibility foi the hitch in his program here, which is expected ultimately to put 10,000 to 15,000 men to work on highways throughout the state. A hurried conference was held at the statehouse and the following plan announced: Men seeking work should not apply, but those wanted will be drawn from the basket relief list. Then they will be notified when to appear. Hundreds of men applied at the Tomlinson hall employment bureau, while others sought work at the statehouse annex and Tibbs avenue garage of the state highway department. Fifty to 100 men will be put to work on Tuesday, Adams said. The number will be increased daily, until Marion county will have its quota of 1.000 or more.

Jail Breakers Flee With Beauty at Wheel of Car By United Press COLUMBIANA. Ala., Sept. 18.—A pretty young woman behind the wheel of an eight-cylinder automobile roared out of Columbiana early today with three of ten convicts who had escaped from Shelby county

jail. The young beauty, Sheriff Knox Wooley discovered, had waited in the shadows of the jail wall for the break, which appeared to have been effected by a pass key believed smuggled into the jail by her Sunday. Two of the ten convicts were Pratt Northcutt, 30. and Ernest

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SULLIVAN OUTLINES 2-YEAR PROGRAM FOR TAX REDUCTION Defends City’s 1934 Budget in Appearance Before County Adjustment Board; Predicts Return of Normalcy. UHL GETS - STINGING REBUKE Attempt of Realtor to Stampede Session Into Public Hearing Is Resisted by Committee; Censured Bitterly. Defending the 1934 city budget today before the Marion coimty tax adjustment board, Mayor Reginald IT. Sullivan outlined a two-year tax reduction program based on “the return of normal times and prosperity.” Shortly before Sullivan’s appearance, the board firmly resisted an attempt to stampede the first session into a public hearing and administered a stinging rebuke to Albert Uhl, Real Estate Board member and tax reduction advocate. An hour before the board convened at 10, corridors of

NRA ‘CHISELING’ ACTIONTO OPEN First Hearing to Be Held Late Today by Local Complaints Board. Four “serious complaints” charging alleged violations of the NRA by Indianapolis concerns will be presented to the local compliance board meeting for the first time late today at the Chamber of Commerce. Francis Wells, Indiana representative of the United States department of commerce, said that he had picked the four complaints from some 500 filed with him since the start of the NRA program here. Wells was not prepared to say whether the hearing would be public, but he thought not, in view of the attitude of General Hugh H. Johnson, national recovery administrator, outlined in a message to Wells today. In his dispatch captioned “Regulations on Procedure for NRA Compliance Boards," General Johnson revealed that the “mailed fist of (Turn to Page Eleven HARRY CHAMBERLIN NEARLY LOSES EYE Ex-County Judge Struck While Playing Golf. Harry O. Chamberlin, 4469 Washington boulevard, former Marion county circuit judge, today is recovering at St. Vincent’s hospital from a golf ball injury that at first was feared likely

to cost him an eye. Chamberlin and the others in his golf foursome just had left the first tee Sunday at South Grove golf club when they heard a cry of “Fore!’’ Chamberlin fell, struck in the eye by a golf ball. Hiss glasses were shattered and fragments of the lens were* imbedded in his eyeball.

Dr. Irving Barnes, playing at the course, gave first aid and the glass fragments were removed at St. Vincent’s iq an emergency operation. SEIBERLING RETIRED AS 1 NATIONAL GUARD CHIEF Jonesboro Man Ends Command of One Hundred Fifty-first Infantry. Announcement of the retirement of Colonel Paul A. Seiberling, Jonesboro, commander of the One hundred fifty-first Infantry, Indiana national guard, was made today by Adjutant General Elmer Straub. Colonel Seiberling’s retirement follows the program recently announced by the adjutant general of dismissing national guard officers who failed to pass a recent physical examination. Lieutenant-Colonel Manford G. Hanley will be acting commander of the regiment until a successor to Colonel Seiberling is named.

Powell, 29, long-term prisoners from the state prison at Kilby, brought here to testify in circuit court this week. They were visited by an attractive woman Sunday. The escaped men included four Negroes. All except Northcutt and Powell were in jail on minor charges.

HOME EDITION PRICE TWO CENTS Outside Marion County, 3 Cents

thv courthouse were thronged with taxpayers summoned to the hearing at the invitation of Uhl. The board announced there would be no public hearing today, which had been set aside for private consideration of the city budget with Sullivan. William Bosson, civic leader leader, briefly addressed the crowd, explaining the situation and advising a withdrawal until date for the public hearing had been set. Forging into the room, Uhl demanded that the board hear the assemblage, and declared that a refusal would mean “great inconvenience,” and would show lack oC co-operation on the board’s part. Uhl Is Censured “Don’t you read the newspapers, Mr. Uhl?” interrupted Russell Willson, school board member of the adjustment board. “The afternoon papers Friday carried full details of the organization meeting of this board and made it clear that public hearings would be held only on dates set by the board. “I understand that you sent letters inviting taxpayers to come up here today. If there has been any inconvenience, it is entirely your responsibility. You certainly were presuming to set a program for this board to follow.” John NewLouse, county council vice-president and president of the adjustment board announced to the assemblage that a public hearing will be held at 10 Wednesday in a room large enough to accommodate a large crowd. Definite announcement will be made later, he said. Telis Board of Problems Speaking quietly, Sullivan, accompanied by all major heads of the city administration, told the board of the problems which handicapped preparation of the 1934 city budget. “There has been a loss of SIBO,000,000 in valuation of Indianapolis property in the last two years,” the mayor said. “This, coupled with a 16 per cent decrease in tax collecttions, has caused a reduction of $21,000 in the amount of revenue raisable by 1-cent of levy. “The miscellaneous revenue of the city for licenses and from state sources has not been sufficient to make up this deficit. My only thought in the matter of the budget has been to hold our government together and to not be stampeded into any ill-advised action. Foresees More Revenue “Within a short time, I feel certain that the appalling tax delinquency will cease, the city will receive more revenue from miscellaneous sources, such as the state income tax, license fees, and it will be possible to observe the $1.50 law. “As all of these factors are added to the picture, I am certain that it will be possible to reduce the levy on real estate 30 and 40 cents at a time, when we see the return of normal times and prosperity.” Sullivan told the board that a 7 per cent delinquency had been set up in the city budget, although it was agreed that a 10 per cent delinquency may.be expected. “Against our better judgment, wa adopted the 7 per cent figure,” Sullivan declared. “Our material and equipment budgets already have been cut so low that a 10 per cent delinquency next year will result in a deficit.” The board was to resume session at 1 this afternoon for discussion of the notes taken from Sullivan’s remarks and his answers to numerous questions fired by board members during his appearance. U. S. SENATOR INJURED Duncan U. Fleleher Suffers Cuta and Bruises in Crackup. B<j United Preen WASHINGTON, Sept. 18.—Duncan U: Fletcher, chairman of the senate banking and currency committee, was injured here today in an automobile accident. Fletcher, suffering from cuts, bruises and shock, was taken to his home after the crash, which occurred when his limousine, en route to the Capitol, collided with a delivery truck. State Contract Let Contract for the interior decoration of the new state library building on Capitol avenue has been awarded to G. H. Shanbacker, Springfield, 111., according to an announcement today by Louis Bailey, styte librarian.

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