Indianapolis Times, Volume 45, Number 243, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1934 — Page 2

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SHOALS SOARS ‘ALADDIN-LIKE’ TOWARD GOAL Stupendous Project May Be Pattern for Future Life in U. S. Tb* Tfnn*f Valin li thr Krill’ of * tilt nprrlßrnl. Thr (iptrlmrnt 1* part of President Rnoarrrlt'i now deal, ft affrrta 2,000.000 people and onr•exenth of thr land area of the nation. The I tilled Pre* *ent a itall correspondent to report first hand the development* in the experiment. The Brat of alx dixpatehrs follow*. BY FREDERICK C. OTHMAN L'nltrd Prpii Stiff Corrfgpondent KNOXVILLE. Tenn., Feb. 19.-A vast experiment in humanity, spreading through seven states and destined to change the lives of 2,000,000 people, is turning the Tennessee valley Into America’s busiest countryside. The clang of electric shovel drowns out the hoot of the mountain owl as President Roosevelt’s engineers carve from the southern highlands a pattern so modem that it has neither precedent nor equal. Cheap electricity is the backbone of the program Its objective is happiness—and security—for the AngloSaxons who have grubbed a precarious existence from the hills for 1 generations. “Balanced living” is the theme of the experiment. If it succeeds the heads of the Tenne.vee valley authority forsee the spread of their decentralized industry and scien- : tific farming throughout the land. I Their present laboratory covers , 40,000 square miles, affects one-( seventh of the United States—and i puts the Muscle Shoals power plant into practical use for the first time i since it was built. From Muscle Shoals in Alabama ’ a power line follows the Tennessee I river for two hundred miles to, Norris dam, which is under con- i struct ion twenty miles north of Knoxville. The Joe Wheeler dam Is being erected between the two major dams. Around these dams center the TVA’s present activity. These bulwarks of concrete in the Tennessee river and its tributaries provide the power which will form the background for the following major aspects of the development program: 1. Improvement of agriculture, through production of fertilizer, rotation of crops and scientific farming methods. • 2. Development of domestic industries weaving, furniture making, China-making and the like—to supplement agriculture in providing employment. 3. Opening the Tennessee river to navigation, thus providing cheap transportation for the products of the valley. 4. Retarding soil erosion, which

year Turkey and. Greece ship us thousands of hales of fine tobaccos— But why send 4,000 Chesterfield uses Turkish tobacco-from MHfv 7 ’”"" ] • I p m. i o Samsoun, Smyrna, Cavalla and Xanthi. mMB 1 mdes for tobacco. Then it blends and cross-blends them N W f j .. . because spicy, aromatic Turkish is the with various kinds of choice home-grown [’ j , best seasoning there is for a cigarette. tobaccos in the right balance to give you I : ■ I{: It adds something to flavor and aroma a cigarette that s milder, a cigarette that J| " *. i that no other tobacco can give. tastes better. I- - mi I * /.r | | leaf of Turkish tobacco—smaller than | Ibi y aut hanU-^ — ihr r . ' Jp ' / r : \ •:••’ * *^ka# t A BALANCED BLEND OF FINEST AROMATIC TURKISH DOMESTIC TOfr/tecOsN*^J 1 4 rf£ • In* mm * i J J' m ~ m *T W'*mjk i y ©l?J4.UankMrmToAccoCo, a

Democratic and Genial King Albert Won Respect on Voyage to America

City Man Recalls Monarch’s Gracious Personality on Shipboard. I Tragic and unitmely death of King Albert of Belflum, that most democractic and genial of monarchs. brings pleasant memories of a memorable voyage to T. Paul Jacksen, 336 North Euclid avenue. Mr Jackson wag a member of the crew oi the U. 6. S. George Washington when that ship carried King Albert. Queen Elizabeth and Prince Leopold and other members of the royal party from Europe to the United States In September. 1919. The U. S. S. George Washington, a transport ship famous for the number of distinguished personages . it carried from shell-torn Europe to I this country following the Armistice, | took the Belgian royal party on ooard on Sept. 22. 1919, in the English channel, off Ostend. This incident Mr. Jackson vividly recalls. “We were returning home with more than two thousand of our own troops. When word broke out that our ship was to have the honor of the presence of King Albert and his family there was more than the usual flurry of preparation. “King Aloert and his party came over the side from the destroyer IngTaham after a dash down the coast from Ostend. Within forty has ruined enormous areas of farm land, reforestation. 5. Control of floods, which in the past have sent whole communities fleeing for life. 6. Conservation of the valley’s mineral resources, coal, clay, bauxite, marble and limestone. 7. Use of the power production as a “yardstick” to measure costs of electricity elsewhere in the country. Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, head of the TVA, points out that the pro- i gram is starting from scratch and that it has no elements of emergency such as characterizes the other aphabetical units of the new deal. There is no need for hurry, but there is need for careful planning. Two floors in the new Sprankle building here teem with engineers, architects, and draughtsmen, working under directions of Dr. Morgan and the other members of the TVA, David E. Lilienthal and Dr. Harcourt A. Morgan. TVA cars and trucks, wilh special license plates, bump constantly over the road between the new Sprankle, building and the model city of Nor- j ris. which is building Alladin-like in a beautiful valley of the Clinch river, to be forever a monument to Senator George W. Norris, father of the Tennessee river program. (Next—Norris, Tenn., the ieleal city, dream of a sociologist come to life, and model for more cities to come.)

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King Albert of Belgium playing handball on the deck of the U. S. S George Washington.

minutes after their arrival our ship had slipped out of sight of Calais and the white chalk cliffs of Dover and was bearing the royal visitors westward.” M. Jackson relates that the passage took ten days. Acompanying the king and queen and young Prince Leopold were ten other members of the party—secretaries, adjutants and military attaches. Asked what specific incidents of the voyage he recalled most vividly, Mr. Jackson told of the geniality and democratic attitude of the king and queen and their 18-year-old son, Prince Leopold. "There was a bearing about them that made you feel they were not king, queen and prince,” Mr. Jackson said. “At all times they showed a graciousness and eagerness to learn something of Americans and American life.” “This was their first close contact with things wholly American, and all of us of the crew were surprised and gratified at the democratic attitude of the royal party. “King Albert was an enthusiastic handball player. His son, Prince Leopold, immediately won the affection of the entire personnel of the ship by his quiet and ingratiating bearing. The queen showed a devoted interest in the sick on board, and was constantly with the nurses and doctors who tended them.” “I am sure that all members of the crew of the U. S. S. George Washington, wherever they may be now, will, like myself, regret the

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Prince Leopold, then 18, on the George Washington. He is heir to the Belgian throne.

Golden Eagles to Meet Capitol order, Knights of the Golden Eagles of America, will hold the regular meeting Wednesday night at 7:30 at 1630 Rembrandt street.

NEARLY 10,000 TO BE DROPPED BY STATE CWA Reductions to Take Place at End of Work Week, Hopkins Orders. Telegraphic instructions for reductions in the number of civil works employes were sent to each of the ninety-two counties of Indiana by the state civil works administration. The Indiana administration has received orders from Harry L. Hopkins, federal civil works administrator, to reduce total Indiana pay rolls to 88,500, effective next Friday. The reductions made in each couhty are to take place at the close of the current work week, which ends on Thursday. On Friday morning, only the reduced quotas are to be at work. State civil works officials estimated that the total pay roll in Indiana was approximately 98.500 on all except federal projects in the work ending last Thursday. The reduction orders therefore will amount to laying off approximately 10,000 workers at this time. The following orders were included in the telegram to each local administrator: “In reducing pay rolls, following steps should be taken: First, remove employes in whose immediate family any other person is working, leaving no more than one person gainfully’ employed in the family; second, remove those with other resources, and third, from a rating of projects by our field engineers which we will shortly send you, eliminate the less desirable projects to such as is necessary in absorbing this reduction of employes. In carrying out this program, give careful consideration of two factors: First that eliminations of individuals be of those who are least in need of work, and second, that the most desirable projects shall be carried through to successful completion.” The instructions also directed that in making lay-offs needy women receive equal consideration with needy men. Pair Held in Coat Theft Mabel Haverscamp, 35, and Stanley Webb. 18, both of 1116 North Capitol avenue, were arrested Saturday in connection with the theft of an overcoat valued at $65 from S. E. Harper, Washington hotel, at a downtown restaurant. They were slated on vagrancy charges.

Mothers ! In treating children’s colds, don’t take A chances., use W Vapoßub

N. Y. MAPS CAMPAIGN AGAINST SLOT MACHINE Investigators Hope to Link Politicians to Racket. By United Prrn NEW YORK, Feb. 19.—Satisfied as a result of information obtained

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in a week-end raid that the slot machine racket in New York is controlled by Dutch Schultz and a clique of “big ime” gangsters, investigators today embarked on a hunt for evidence they beiieve will link certain politicians to the illicit business. Evidence of gangster control has

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been long sought by both federal and local authorities. The raid on an elaborate suite of offices in a Broadway office building yesterday provided the proof, according to police. Six persons were arrested charged with conspiracy in the possession of gambling devices.