Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 179, Indianapolis, Marion County, 6 December 1934 — Page 3

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DUAL CONTROL BLAMED FOR SILENT FEUD BETWEEN STATE AND LOCAL RELIEF AGENCIES System Contributes to Inefficiency, Requiring' Over-Manning of Administrative Staffs in Many Instances, Is Criticism. BY ARCH STEIN EL Timr* Staff Writer In this corner, 1. ies ana gentlemen, we have the Knockout Kid—State Reliei r ‘ontrc —and in this corner we have the famous Battler—Township Trustee Relief. Just as in the prize ring-, do these words typif* the offices of the Center Township Trustee, 21 1 N\ Senate-av, and other township and county relief offices of the state. A brickless, fistless, wordless battle is fought daily and Battling Township Trustee is on the ropes buffeted by th< blows as Federal money loads more and more the gloves of the Knockout Kid in his rights and lefts to the Township’s Relief jaw. It is the battle of iwo relief systems—State Control and Township Administration.

Ranged in corner* in other township and county rings of the state the dual control of funds for direct relief, grocery orders, is groggy with whispered criticism and jealousy of the backers of both systems. Under state relief control the trustee is forced to tolerate the dominance of the proportionately larger amount of money spent in federal funds for relief. Where townships are unable to provide for their own indigent the battle has ended and the scars heal. But in Center township, which serves the great portion of Indianapolis, Miss Hannah Noone, trustee, holds the pocketb< ok strings of 75 per cent of the direct relief money while 25 per cent is paid by the state control system. Work relief, the major rehabilitation aid for the unemployed in the county and township, is paid wholly by the state through the use of federal money. Officials Deny Discord Step into the Center Township office on N. Senate-av and you’ll find no open intrigues, no outright hairpulling or fisticuffs. But you will find offices surcharged with unvoiced antagonism. Miss Noone denies the antagonism. Miss Helen Smith, county relief supervisor. and nominally the head of state relief in the county as well as the township will be just as quick to deny the unseen rift. This undercover discord, which was more conspicuous when the state a.*--timed control in the summer of 1933, is intensified by the fact that Miss Smith in assuming charge of the township trustee's re- ! lief system took over 18 social work- | ers in addition to other clerical help j of the politically elected trustees of the county. Staff Is Over-Manned Thirteen of the social workers were kept at their jobs of investigating relief cases and five were

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transferred to other departments. Miss Smith, who sits in her ; second floor office in one corner of the building, refuses to comment on firing Miss Noone's employes. Miss Noone, in her corner office roorfi on the first floor, also says, “I have no comment to make.” Trusted employes were discharged. But many were absorbed and in assimilating them into the state re- ! lief system the Center Township Trustee office became and remains over-manned. It is the opinion of friends of the state control system that out of 41 employes in the bookkeeping and disbursing department that at least one-fourth could be dispensed with. 256 Employed in County Friends of state control insist ftiat in trying to get along with township trustees of the state that unnecessary employes were absorbed, I thereby increasing the administraj tion pay rolls. In turn township trustee adher- ! ents say, "Look around you. We 1 had 50 workers under township trus- ; tee relief in Center township and now there are several hundred.” The t<~ ship office, as principal relief ui.penser of Marion county, has 208 employes. The transient bureau, other townships, brings the ’ county’s total to 286. Desire to quibble with administration pay rolls would reduce the township relief office an additional 15 men in that 30 men, formerly on relief, are employed at $14.50 a week to aid in disbursing grocery orders, act as guides to the distressed, and dole out the surplus foods in the building’s basement. Scale Would Be Increased Fifteen men on full-time pay could do the work but the pay roll scale would be increased. The case work divisioVi, sot,al service visitors and clerical a4d. form one-half of the employe load of the office with 110 persons out of 208 directly in charge of relief investigation. The average wage of the 208 employes in the township is SBO a month. The salary range in the county | in September, 1933, was from $65 to $l5O and in the same month in 1934 | it was $65 to $260. The works relief supervisor, with ; headquarters in the City Hall, is the j only person receiving $260 monthly, j All other salaries are below $l4O a month with the exception of $175 paid a case work supervisor and $l5O received by the relief business manage.*. Cas Lead Excessive The totai administration pay roll was $17,055.43 for Center Township's relief office in October and of that amount $16,600 went to foot pay rolls. The social service visitors, 69 of them, carry an average case-load of 270 families in a county that has 19.000 famines oa relief. The ease-load is excessive and competent social workers declare it is impossible for the investigators to see those families once a month in their homes. One severe critic of state relief control attacks the competency of the investigators in handling relief cases. Investigators Criticized "Under township relief we had experienced women, mothers and if they did not have a college degree at least they knew the difference between a pumpkin pie and one mad of squash,” he charges. "What do they know with all then college degrees about handling a family, coring for children, helping the por to better themselves,” he conclud . Asked tr pecify one particular inefficient nvestigator hired under state control, he could give no names. The second largest division in the Center Township office is that of the bookkeeping and disbursing department. Eight l zrks, writing groceryorders for direct relief at an average of two hundred orders an hour each morning, handle the bulk of the work of this department. Township Personnel Listed The personnel of the Center Township Trustee's office under state relief control follows: Case-work department visitors, 69: typists. 22: clerks, 12; supervisors, 6. and 1 budget consultant, total. 110: collateral department investigators. 4: application department, interviewers. 5: clerks. 4; typists, 2, and 1 supervisor: housing department. 3 clerks, an investigator, typist and supervisor, total t>: bookkeeping or disbursing department, judgment claim clerks. 3: order writers, 11; clerks, 13: wage relief posters. ‘6; claim checkers. 4: a messenger, telephone operator, janitor and shoe shop foreman, total 41, exclusive of between 25 and 30 nonrelief employes who receive NRA ■a%ges of sl4 50 bur would be on relief if not given work. Miss Noone retains a few personal appointees to care for regular township business. They are not on the relief pay roll. Next: County Work Relief and i Special Relief Projects.

Gotham Playgoers Cheer Return of Libby Holman; They Like Her Singing

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New Yorkers again are thrilling to the throaty songs of Libby Holman (left), and laughing at the antics of Dorothy Hill (right), who’s paged as Miss Glory in another play.

BY PAUL HARRISON NKA Service Correspondent NEW YORK, Dec. 6.—There are robust, zestful and glamorous goings-ons in some of the newly lighted theaters along Broadway. Also' they doubtless will turn out to be nourishing fodder for Hollywood. Libby Holman, returned after a troublous interlude of three years, contributes a considerable share of the glamour. The Group Theater, a victor in the last Pulitzer Prize imbroglio, exhibits a violent and highly colorful picture of old San Francisco. And she Messrs. Schwab, Dunning and Abbott offer a comedy that has set the Mansfield Theater’s rafters to vibrating with echoed glee The pouty Miss Holman, who determinedly has kept herself aloof from all things Broadway while playing her rcle in a poignant real-life dre need have no further misgivi. bou 1 : taking up her career a 6 It isn’t curiosity that sends the customers flocking to hear her sing. It will be all right if she wants to do some acting on the side, but audiences especially desire more of those throaty, sobbing torch songs. tt a tt “-Q EVENGE V/ITH MUSIC.” -IV Miss Holman's come-back vehicle, carries her far from the Little-Show type of intimate revues. More of an operetta, really, and based on the Three-Cornered Hat, which is an ./Id Spanish folk tale. Arthur Scliwai,3 has given it excellent melodies, and the designer and costumer have thrown in some of the handsomest effects to be found on Broadway. The dances are pleasing, too, but the libretto might be a lot better. For the story, there’s the elderly but amorous governor of a Spanish province who covets the favors of Maria (Miss Holman), a singing peasant who is in love with Carlos, the miller. Much to his distaste, the Gobemador is obliged to marry the pair, but later that day contrives to have the bridegroom arrested. Off goes the old rake to invade the home of Carlos and capture the defenseless Maria. But he

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falls in the mill pond en route and his passion for conquest gives way to sneezes. Meanwhile, Cailos, out of jail and convinced of the worst, rushes into the willing arms of the governor’s wife. It’s quite a mixup, though travial, and offers opportunities for Charles Winninger to make the most of the governor’s comic role, and for Carlos (Georges Metaxa) and Maria to sing some pleasant songs—such as “You and the Night and Music.” and "In the Middle of the Night." Miss Holman is at her best with a hit called “When You Love Only One.” a a u I’M still laughing at “Page Miss Glory,” which is the’aforementioned comedy. It’s reminiscent of last season’s prize high-jinks, “She Loves Me Not,” and will, I hope, fare just as happily. It*may have a few more barren spots than its brilliant predecessor, but for compensation this one has a great deal more of daring satire. A couple of down-on-their-luck promoters—one an audacious confidence P' "v the other a jobless tabloid ’ -rapher—scheme to win a c prize offered by a commercia; concern for a photograph. The camera expert turns out a breath-taking composite of many lovely ladies —the legs of Dietrich, the nose of Hepburn, the mouth of Garbo, and so on. The hoax win£ the non-existent girl is called MiSs Dawn Glory, and the schemers sell her indorsements of various products. A time comes, though, when the boys have to produce their girl or confess their fraud. It happens, however, that a pretty hotel chambermaid has been trying on one of the guvns sent to the imaginary beauty. Discovered, in the presence of re porters, she carries on the role of Miss Glory, and does it very successfully, too. From that point forward, the farce is a hodge-podge of kidnaping. young love, fantastic situations and barbed remarks about a good many well-known people and institutions.

Critics have little difficulty pointing out frailties in the piece, but audiences dote on it. And Miss Dorothy Hall provides a superb performance as the amorous chambermaid who stumbles into the Glory-role.

THREE SENTENCED IN DELINQUENCY TRIAL Judge Warns Streets Are Unsafe for Young Girls. Imposing heavy sentences on three youths convicted of having contributed to the delinquency of a 13-year-old girl. Juvenile Judge John F. Geckler today stated the streets of Indianapolis are not safe for young girls, and that pickup street “dates” must stop. The youths were alleged to have picked up the girl on a street corner, to have engaged in drinking, and to have let her out of their car a block from home after the party. They were fined $25 and costs and sentenced to 60 days in the County Jail. They gave their names as Forest McMillan, 21. of 817 Arborav; Edgar Wilson, 20, of 329 Chasest, and David Young, 18, of 556 Dro-ver-st. SAILOR VISITS FAMILY Vinton Fulk on 20-Day Leave After Long Cruise. Vinton Veloise Fulk, U. S. N„ son of Mr. and Mrs. Fred Fulk, 2520 Broadway, is spending with his parents a 20-day leave of absence from the U. S. S. Minneapolis, latest 10,-000-ton cruiser, upon which Mr. Fulk just has completed a cruise to Cuba, Panama, England, France, Finland and Norway.

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THREE KILLED IN AIR CRASH ATRICHMOND Two Famous City Doctors, Girl Are Victims in Tragedy. (Continued From Page One) throw the headlights of her car into the wind so that he could see to land. Mr. and Mrs. Hammer were bound for the airport at 5:30 last night and as they neared it they heard the plane overhead. They speed j d their car to get in a position to light the field, but before they actually had arrived they heard the crash and saw the flames of the burning craft. They arrived at the scene immediately after Mr. Smith and Mr. Burke. Dr. Hiatt said his inquest and investigation into the crash would occupy two or three day#. Struck Small Tree At Reid Memorial Hospital. Richmond, Mr. Maxwell was quoted by attending physicians as saying he had struck a small tree and then crashed into a larger one as he attempted to land. The top was ripped from the larger tree. Observers had not been aware that he struck the small tree. They believed he overshot the field in the darkness of early evening. The plane, which had been circling over the field before the Hammers arrived, burned for almost half an hour after the crash before the flames could be subdued. The bodies of the dead physicians and the girl columnist, were brought to Flanner & Buchanan Inc. last night. Graduated From Earlham Dr. Mendenhall came here from Providence, R. 1., in 1919 at the suggestion of his cousin, Dr. Edmund D. Clark, 2005 N. Illinois-st, a surgeon. He had served as a captain in the Army Medical Corps during the World War. being stationed at Ft. Grabel, R. I. He was graduated from Earlham College, Richmond, and, in 1909. from the University of Pennsylvania Medical School and served his interneship at the New York and Philadelphia Lying-In Hospitals. Dr Mendenhall formerly occupied the chair of obstetrics at the Indiana University Medical School and still was connected with the school at the time of his death. Dr. Carmack was head of the school’s department on eye, ear, nose and throat diseases. .Both of the specialists were members of leading medical organizations, local, state and national. Dr. Mendenhall was a member of the Indianapolis Medical Society, the Indiana State Medical Association, a fellow in the American Medical Association, a member of the American Association of Obstetricians, of the American Board of Obstetrics and Gynecology, the American College of Surgeons and the Central Association of Obstetrics and Gynecology. Dr. Carmack, who was born and reared in Dana, Ind., where several of his relatives still live, was graduated from the Indiana University

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Medical School in 1907 and served his interneship in City Hospital. He served os a First Lieutenant at Camp Taylor during the World War. He had been active in Boy Scout work here, serving as a member of the Scouts’ executive council, as chairman of their health and safety committee and as chairman of the Boy Scout Committee of the Indianapolis Medical Society. Miss Mendenhall, who was well known here, was an attractive and popular young woman. She was a graduate of Shortridge High School, where she was a member of the Shortridge Echo editorial staff, and she later attended Butler University, where she served on the staff of The Collegian, before transferring to the University of Missouri. There she was an outstanding student. She was a member of Kappa Alpha Theta, a social sorority of Kappa Tau Alpha, honorary scholastic organization for journalism students, and Gamma Alpha Chi, national honorary society for advertising women. Miss Mendenhall and her father are survived by the mother and widow, Mrs. Ella Mendenhall, who was waiting for her husband at the Municipal Airport here, and by the Mendenhall’s two sons, Albert, a student at Butler university, and Hirst, his younger brother. Dr. Mendenhall also leaves four brothers, Dr. Elwood Mendenhall, Johnstown, Pa,, and Addison, Leander and Brazil Mendenhall, all of Winchester. Dr. Carmack is survived by the widow, Mrs. Bertha J. Carmack, and a son, John W. Carmack Jr., 9; his father, George Carmack, Dana, a farmer, and a brother in the real estate business at Richmond. Because of the tragedy, the Woman’s Auxiliary to the Indianapolis Medical Society has postponed indefinitely a Christmas party originally set for 2 tomorrow afternoon at the Indianapolis Athletic Club.

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MYSTERY PHONE CALL LINKED TO KIDNAPING PLOT Wife of Truck Firm Head Balks Effort: Hijacking Is Probed. The intelligent skepticism of Mrs. Major Riddle over a curious phone call to her home last night left her and her family mystified today, but safe. At 9:40 last night, a feminine voice on the phone identified itself as that of a Western Union employe and read what it said was a telegram received from her husband, who was in Detroit. The mesage asked Mrs. Riddle to meet her husband at the Union Station at a stated time. This appeared odd to Mrs. Riddle and she called the station, finding no train arived then from Detroit. She immediately thought of the message as a ruse to get her away from the home and the possibility of a plot to kidnap her two daughters, Jane. 4, and Mary Ann, 2. or herself. Gets in Touch With Husband She then found that neither the Western Union nor the Postal Telegraph companies had received such a message and a phone call to Detroit brought assurance from her husband he had sent no wire. She informed police. Later last night, through what police and members of the family believe is a sheer coincidence, a truck belonging to the Globe Cartage Co., 1300 Kentucky-av, of which her husband is president, was hijacked near Brookville and the cargo of $10,000 worth of cigarets, In-dianapolis-bound, was stolen. Oral Gregory, Vincennes, the driver, was kidnaped, bound and gagged and stuffed into the rear of a one-seated car and driven wildly over the state until nearly 5. He then was ordered out and left near Martinsville, more than 100 miles from the scene of the holdup. $10,000 In Cigarets Stolen. Mr. Gregory said he thought about four men, all armed with revolvers, took part in the holdup and said that while they did not treat him unkindly, they were scrupulous about keeping him at the points of guns. When he was freed Mr. Gregory called Charles L. Riddle, Globe Company vice-president, who sent a car for him. Mr. Riddle said he understood the cargo included cigarets valued at $10,000 consigned to the Universal Carloading and Distributing Cc 202 S. West-st. He said that the Globe Company had five trucks leaving Cincinnati last night and that only this onehad cigarets on it. Cigarets, he said, are prizes for hi-jackers because they are hard to trace and easy to sell. Breaks Leg 18th Time By United Press FAYETTE, Mo., Dec. 6. – G. G. Smith, 65, real estate agent here, fell on the ice yesterday and suffered a broken leg. This was the 18th timeMr. Smith’s legs have been broken.