Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 95, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 August 1934 — Page 3

AUG. 30,1934

CITY TAXPAYERS GIVEN 54-CENT SLASH IN RATES County Levy Cut 26 Cents: Budget Is Reduced $987,227. (Continued from Page One) Mr. Grossart claimed, would have raised $700,000 additional for the treasury. The county budget makers based their estimates on an anticipated tax delinquency of 4 per cent. This is the same basis upon which the civil city budget has been prepared. It was announced that the county budct has been slashed from $2,021,689.05 to *1,557.30197 by members of the county council. Mr. Grossart attributed this reduction to the stem economy measures adopted by the county council and himself. One of the reductions prade in the county budget is the $150,000 cut in the estimates for old age pensions. A total of $350,000 was asked. A total of $894.244 50 in county bonds will mature next year. Mr. Grossart recommended the refunding of $352,800 of maturings and this sum has been taken from the estimates. It was announced the Indiana Taxpayers Association, through Harry Miesse, secretary, has approved this proposal. Mr. Miesse praised Auditor Grossart and the county council for their work in reducing the new levy. That the operating balance at the end of thus fiscal year will total nearly SII,OOO was announced by the auditor. Through strict economy, Mr. Grossart pointed out, it has been possible to relieve the county tax burden by almost 50 per cent, in the face of doubled population of county institutions and the necessity of adopting a 3 5 cents levy for old age pensions under new statutes. Cast of caring for orphans in the county also has increased, Mr. Groseart declared. In the budget to be considered by county council next Tuesday, approximately $14,000 has been cut lrom the tuberculosis hospital estimates. FINDS EDUCATION BALKS CRIME AMONG NEGROES Judge Baker Makes Observation During Arraignment. Education as a factor in crime contml appears to be more effective amot Negroes than among whites. Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker indicated yesterday. Judge Baker made this observation when a young educated Negro war arraigned on a larceny charge. ‘Few people of your race who have reached high school come to this court.” the judge remarked. “I wish I could say that about my own race.”

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For the first time since his inauguration President Roosevelt a f ew' days ago called on his summer White House neighbors, the West Point cadets. He is shown standing in his car as the white-uniformed student officers marched in review. West Point is only a short drive from the Roosevelt home at Hyde Park, N. Y.

Biting Feeding Hand Anonymous Artist on PWA Pay Roll Pokes Fun at New Deal in 8 by 4 Feet Oil Painting.

By I nitrd Prrss TARRYTOWN, N. Y., Aug. 30.—A satire of the Roosevelt administration done in oils by an anonymous artist employed as a relief worker under the Public Works Administration, today attracted hundreds of persons, not all art lovers, to the Westchester Institute of Fine Arts.

The institute is privately supported, drawing its backing from many wealthy residents of rockribbed Republican Westchester county, which is the home of John D. Rockefeller. The painting is eight by four feet. In the top center President Roosevelt is shown speaking into a group of microphones, a broad smile on his face, and a small crown resting at a jaunty angle on his head. In one hand he holds a fishing line from which dangles a large fish. Mrs. Roosevelt, also wearing a crown, stands to his left, a mass of papers, presumably letters and manuscripts, - falling from her hand. On a table before the President are scattered playing cards, all deuces, intended to symbolize the New Deal. On the front edge of the table sit two dolls, one a woman resembling Mrs. Eleanor Dali, who is tossing a toy into a watts basket; the other a man resembling one of the President’s sons tossing a toy woman into the basket. "Mr. Citizen” is shown being stripped of his shirt by an officer while in a basket nearby are the man’s home and other possessions. Uncle Sam is shown hanging from a cross to the left rear with "blue

THE PRESIDENT CALLS ON HIS NEIGHBORS, THE WEST POINT CADETS

eagle” vultures winging about him. Others depicted include Treasury Secretary Henry Morgenthau attired in a clown’s suit, juggling money; Argiculture Secretary Henry Wallace and President William Green of the American Federation of Labor who is doing a balancing act with Labor Secretary Frances Perkins. FIRST VOTERS AMONG DEMOCRATS ORGANIZE Louis Steinmctz Named President of Third Ward Group. The Third Ward Young Men’s and Young Women's Democratic Club w'as organized at a meeting of 150 first voters last night in the Democratic county central committee rooms in the - State Life building. Officers elected are; Louis J. Steinmetz, president; Margaret Kendall, vice-president; Barbara Craig, secretary, and Joseph B. Dow'd, treasurer. The club will be an adjunct of the regular Third ward Democratic organization.

$70,000,000 in Gold Is Shipped East by U. S.

Troops, Agents Guard Rich Cargo on Trip to Denver. By United Press SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 30. A kings ransom in gold, $70,000,000 worth of shining yellow' bars, was moving eastward today in a special train bound for the United States mint at Denver. Guns of the United States army guarded swift passage of the train bearing perhaps the largest gold movement in modern history. It was sent from the San Francises mint, which soon is to be razed. The shipment is the first of the several which will be necessary to transfer gold valued at $2,250,000,000 to Denver. Treasury officials at Washington said the transfer was being made because of the fear of earthquakes here. Yet the building from which it is being moved survived the 1906

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Truck Mishap Injuries Result in Boy’s Death

Youth 78th Motor Vehicle Victim; Other Accidents Reported. Charles Sigmunde, 14, of 1866 Milburn street, died early today of injuries suffered Aug. 21, when he was hurled from a concrete mixer truck at Eighteenth and Montcalm streets. He is the seventy-eighth traffic victim in Marion county this year. The youth hopped cn the truck operated by his uncle, Alonzo Sigmunde, 1830 Milburn street. His toe caught in a wheel and he was

hurled to the pavement. He suffered a' skull fracture. Two passengers on a bus were injured yesterday in a collision

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with a truck at McCarty and Union streets. The truck driver, Victor F. Love, 19, South Bend, was arrested on charges of failure to stop at a preferential street. The injured are Fred Huber, 68, of 22 East Minnesota street, leg injuries, and Miss Esther Ambrost, 20, of 116 East Palmer street, arm injuries. The truck was overturned in the crash. Love and Hansel Herring, 22, 1454 South Harding street, bus driver, escaped injury. A legless, alleged hit-run driver was arrested last night after an accident at Martindale avenue and Nineteenth street when his car crashed into a utility pole at Thir-

earthquake. Superintendent Peter Haggerty insists the reason is that the old gray structure at Fifth and Mission streets is to be torn down and there will be no room for the gold until the new structure is completed at another site. Besides since the remonetization of silver, an astonishing amount of that metal has been received here, crowding storage space. The train carrying the fortune—enough to provide SII,OOO each for every man, woman and child in San Francisco consists of three mail cars and two Pullmans. Special postal guards and thirty from the United States army at the Presido here comprised the guard. Federal operatives reportedly patrolled the route. Blaze Destroys Barn A fire of unknown origin completely destroyed a storage barn in the rear of 848 Indiana avenue today. The barn is said to be the property of Abel Bros., undertakers.

tieth street and Roosevelt avenue. He is Addies Jones, 22, Negro, 134 West Tenth street, wearer of two cork legs. He was charged with vagrancy, failure to stop after an accident and failure to have a driver’s license. Julius Dibrell, Negro, 2045 Cornell avenue, driver of the car hit by Jones’ automobile, was arrested on charges of failure to have a certificate of title, improper license plates and failure to have a driver's license. 4 13 BUS PASSENGERS INJURED IN CRASH Auto Rams Carrier at Ft. Wayne. By United Press FT. WAYNE, Ind., Aug. 30. Thirteen persons were injured, none believed seriously, when a ChicagoNew York bus overturned in a collision here today with an automobile driven by George Ayres, Ft. Wayne. The bus, entering the city on United States highway 30, w'as overturned when the car driven by Ayres failed to heed a stop sign and crashed into the center of the bus. The injured victims were taken to St. Joseph hospital. DEMOCRATS TO OPEN NINTH WARD QUARTERS Offices to Go Into Operation Saturday; Hinch Is Leader. Headquarters of the newly organized Ninth Ward Democratic Club will be opened Saturday at 136 North Colorado avenue. Meetings will be held each Wednesday night. Officers are Arch D. Hinch, president; Mrs. Cynthia craigle, first vice-president; Solomon Prather, second vice-president; George Whitsett and William Buck, ser-geants-at-arms. NIGHT SESSIONS HINTED FOR CRIMINAL COURT Judge Baker Indicates Possibility in Order to Clear Calendar. Night sessions in Marion county criminal court are not improbable as a measure to speed clearing the criminal calendar. This was indicated yesterday by Criminal Judge Frank P. Baker while fixing trial dates of prisoners arraigned under indictment. Seven cases have been set for consideration Friday.

NONPOLITICAL PENAL SETUPS BENEFITSTATES Ohio and Colorado Make Gains With Nonpartisan Prison Rule. (Continued from Page One) the usual political manner, prison authorities declared. In 1934, the Kentucky legislature abolished the office of jailer, combining his duties with those of the sheriff, who, in turn, was relieved of the duty of tax collection which had been his chief function heretofore. One prison expert said the only requirements for getting a prison job in Kentucky are that the applicant must be "free, white and 21 and know the right peon’e.” Colorado is anotiier state that does not have a central department for general supervision of penal institutions, but officials and employes of state penitentiary and reformatory are appointed under civil service after examination before the state civil service board. Experience Is Valuable The general requirements are knowledge of police work, physical fitness and at least a high school education. Previous experience counts 50 per cent. In Denver, the names the manager of safety who is ex-officio sheriff of the county. The city jailers are members of the police force and county warden and employes are appointed by the mayor. The Colorado system was termed by prison authorities to be completely satisfactory. They said evils of the political system had been removed through the adoption of civil service requirements for officials and employes. Tennessee has a state department of institutions which has direct supervision of state prisons and asylums. Civil service does not play any part in the appointment of officials and employes, prison experts declared. Based on Spoils System Appointments by the state commissioner of institutions are based on the spoils system. Friends of political favorites usually are employed. California was one of the few states covered by the survey that reported technical requirements for employes of county jails and those in charge of prison activities pointed out that civil service requirements applied only in the large counties. The county jails are supervised by elective sheriffs, as in Indiana, and prison experts declared the system to be unsatisfactory. Ohio’s method of managing and operating prisons corresponds closely to The Times’ proposal for adoption in Indiana. Staffs of Ohio prisons are under state civil service, supervised by a state commission named by the Governor. Headed by Superintendents State institutions are headed by superintendents, who is turn appoint their employes. The department of public welfare exercises general supervision over all institutions. Appointments are made from grade lists arrived at through examinations. As positions occur, the appointments are made from the top of the lists of eligibles. As in Indiana, Ohio county jails are operated independently of civil service. City institutions in Ohio draw their personnel from civil service lists. The record of the Ohio penal system was pointed out by prison authorities as an example of efficiency that accrues from the adoption of unified control and civil service regulations for officers and employes. Reports to Director The District of Columbia penal institutions, reformatory, workhouse and jail are under the supervision of a superintendent of penal institutions who reports to the director of public welfare. The director reports to the board of public welfare whose members are appointed by the district commissioners. The superintendent of penal institutions is appointed by

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The new commander-in-chief of the United Spanish War Veterans is Leon McCord, superior court judge of Montgomery, Ala., shown here in comfortable pose with his favorite pipe after his elevation from the vice-com-mander's post at the recent annual encampment in Pittsburgh, Pa.

BANK MESSENGER IS HELD INJIGH BAIL Youth Awaits Action of U. S. Grand Jury. Thomas F. Holland, 20-year-old bank messenger, who is alleged to have absconded with funds belonging to the (Indiana National bank, was held to the federal grand jury yesterday on an embezzlement charge. Bail was set at $5,000. Holland, w’ho worked for sl2 a week and lived in an expensive north side apartment, is alleged to have disappeared several weeks ago with checks, money and drafts amounting to $15,000. Because of duplicate checks the bank suffered a loss of only $B2l, police said. TESTS ANNOUNCED FOR CIVIL SERVICE POSTS Game Management Jobs Available in Farm Division. Civil service examinations have been announced for United States game management agent. $2,300 to $2,900 a year, and deputy game management agent, $1,440 to SI,BOO, in the agricultural department biological survey division. The closing date for application is Sept. 21. Further information may be obtained from Frank J. Boatman, 421 Federal building. CITY MAN TO ATTEND Trade Association Executives Will Visit Washington. Ralph W. Bales, general secretary of the Indiana Manufacturers of Dairy Products, and Paul Fishback, National Food Brokers’ Association secretary, will attend the American Trade Association executives meeting Sept. 20, 21 and 22 in Washington. At the sessions, leading figures in the NRA and business experts will analyze the recovery administration. the commissioners upon nomination of the board of public welfare. Prison authorities .in New Mexico attributed the excellent record of that state’s prison to the fact that each political party has an experienced warden and two alternate wardens in office with an occasional third alternate. The position of warden of the penitentiary is the major political appointment of each new administration. The continuous tenure in office of a veteran deputy warden is all that prevents inefficient management of the institution, experts claim. County jails in New Mexico are in charge of elective sheriffs. There is a constant turnover in this office with attendant mismanagement. The condition in all other institutions, manned by political appointees, wah termed unsatisfactory by penologists.

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M’NUTT FORCES CLAIM SAVINGS OF SOOO,OOO G, 0. P. Is Misrepresenting Facts, Democratic Chief Declares. Charging the Republican state committee with deliberate misrepresentation of facts concerning state government expenses, Omer S. Jackson, Democratic state chairman, today issued a statement claiming savings of nearly $6,000,000 annually under Governor Paul V. McNutt. Quoting from a table prepared by the state board of accounts. Mr. Jackson said that, in addition to the reduction in expenditures, the present administration has increased distributions to relieve local property taxes by more than $12,000,000. In refutation of the charge that state expenditures for the year 193334 exceeded $60,000,000, Mr. Jackson said the actual expenditures were He compared that figure with expenditures totaling $43,166,888.69 in the 1931-32 fiscal year; $44,340,446.07 in the 1930-31 fiscal year and $44,373,198.30 in the 1929-30 fiscal year. The figure in excess of $60,000,000 listed as total state expenditures included $21,688,605.22 distributed to the locgl governmental units, Mr. Jackson said. Estimates of the amount local units may expect to receive in state distributions for 1935 have been provided local taxing officials and as a result the property taxes to be levied for next year will be at least $40,000.000 low r er than the last year of the administration of former Governor Harry G. Leslie, Mr. Jackson claimed. SOCIALISTS NOMINATE CANDIDATE FOR HOUSE Henry S. Newlund, Printer, Is Choice for Congress. Henry S. Newlund, 215 North Rural street, was nominated for congress from the Eleventh district at a Socialist party district convention in the Dearborn last night. Mr. Newlund, a journeyman printer and a member of the International Typographical Union, has been a member of the Socialist party since 1907, at present is financial secretary of the Ninth ward Socialist organization. The convention adopted the national Socialist congressional platform wuthout change. Charles R. Rogers was elected district chairman and william Rhoades district secretary. 5 HOUSING PROGRAM AIDS NAMED BY HOKE County, City Chairmen Selected for Campaign. Five additional county and city chairmen in the Indiana housing program w’ere named today by Fred Hoke, stikte director. Chairmen in eight of the largest cities in the state wore named earlier this week. The five named today were: La Porte County— Mcr't* Michigan City merchant. A l|||| Mishawaka—Ephriam Bach, sec- "I retary of the Mishawaka Chamber of Commerce. Madison County—James Van Osdol, Anderson attorney. Vermilion County—Max Rosenblatt, Clinton merchant. Montgomery County—A. N. Foley, Crawfordsville attorney. FREIGHT RATE BOOST HEARINGS OPEN OCT. 1 Interstate Commerce Board to Hear Railroads Plea. By United Pre.ss WASHINGTON, Aug. 30.—The interstate commerce commission announced today that the petition of railroads for authority to increase freight rates w'ould be heard Lir, Washington starting Oct. 1. Class one railroads Monday asked authority to raise freight rates, to : increase annual revenues $170,000,000, as a means to offsetting rising wage levels and the unit prices of materials. Smaller railroads, represented by the American Short Line Railroad Association, also asked incieases.