Indianapolis Times, Volume 46, Number 230, Indianapolis, Marion County, 4 February 1935 — Page 2

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POLICE CONTROL BY BIPARTISAN BOARDOPPOSED Make Chief Accountable to Governor, Experts Urge in Letters. Superintendents of seven of the leading state police organizations in the United States have notified Ai G. Feeney, Indiana state safety director, that the bipartisan control board proposed in the Schricker Senate bill is not conducive to effliciency. All of the wires to Mr. Feeney, including one from Col. H. Norman Schwartzkopf, of Lindbergh caoe lame, said the superintendents m their states are accountable only to the Governor. From Connecticut came the information that the board control feature had been in effect there prior to 1927, but was aoandoned when found generally unsatisfactory. Already, the bill introduced by Senator Henry F. Schricker <D., Knoxi has roused a great deal of ••heat,” and there is every indication that the measure will be riddled* with amendments if it is passed. Believed Administration Bill Senator Schricker is the Democratic caucus chairman, so his name on the bill has lent credence to the belief that it is an Administration bill. However, Gov. Paul V. McNutt has said flatly that it Is not. He added "yet,'’ indicating that at least most of the Schricker bill provisions have Administration support. The Public Administration Service, Chicago, an organization endowed by wealthy persons interested in advancing all types of civic reform, has some pungent things to say about ‘ non-partisan boards.” Supplies Model Bill The Service supplies model bills in the interests of various reforms and has a model police bill in which it is advocated that the superintendent of state police be solely responsible to the Governor of his state.

In remarks on this section of Its model bill, the Service points cut: “The Governor, as the chief executive of the state r.r.a under mandate by the state Constitution to provide protection for persons and property within the state, should not be placed in the impossible position of having the police under the control of an officer not responsible to him. “Similarly, for the laudable purpose of attempting to prevent politics from invading the appointment of a commissioner and of the members of the force, recommendations are often made that a so-called "nonpartisan board’ or the chief justice of some other body be charged with the appointment of a commissioner. Worse Evils Likely "Such proposals invariably end in worse evils than the ills they are intended to correct. Nonpartisan boards are likely to be just as partisan as the official appointing them and generally provide a more fertile means of political manipulation by furnishing the chief executive (the Governor in this case) with an excuse that he is not responsible. “If the commissioner is appointed by some independent agency, the police are in fact responsible to no one and the public may suffer more from an uncontrolled force than a political one, which it can avoid if it will. The police is an executive agency, and responsibility for it must be lodged squarely and completely in the hands of the Governor.” 60 WOMEN TO TAKE PART IN CITY PAGEANT Famous Americans to Be Depicted in Affair at Broadway M. E. Approximately 60 Indianapolis church women will participate in the “Lady America” pageant, depicting famous American women, which will be given by the Ladies’ Aid of Broadway M. E. Church at 8 Friday. Feb. 22, in the church community room. Represented in the pageant will be Martha Washington. Betsy Ross, Christine Nilssen, Amelia Earhart Putnam. Jane Addams, Mrs. Franklin D. Roosevelt and other famous and historical women.

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Nicholson Bill May Be Adopted by New York Indiana Measure Outlawing Love Balm Suits to Be Pushed by Bar Association. Mrs. Roberta West Nicholson's bill outlawing Indiana law suits for breach of promise and alienation of 'affections, will be introduced in the New York state Legislature if the New York City Bar Association believes the measure constitutional in that state.

Mrs. Nicholson’s bill has passed the Indiana House of Representatives and now is pending before the Senate. In a letter to Mrs. Nicholson, only woman member of the General Assmbly, Reese D. Alsop, member of the New York law firm of Hunts, Hills, Betts Sc Reese, asked for a copy of the bill on behalf of the New York City Bar Association. Mr. Alsop said the association will study the bill and expects to recommend its passage during present New York session. The measure, intended to outlaw; extortionate suits for alienation and heart balms, is needed in New York, Mr. Alsop said, to prevent racketeering women froffi extorting large sums from wealthy business men. HOUSING SURVEY IN 9 INDIANA CITIES TO START Status of Conditions to Be Determined in Few Days. Nine cities in Indiana are to be included in a survey to determine the status of housing conditions in the state, the Governor's Commission on Unemployment Relief stated today. The survey will get under way in a few days, the commission announcement said. The cities are Terre Haute, Evansville, Anderson, Elkhart. Lafayette, Marion. Michigan City, New Albany, and Richmond. HICCOUGH VICTIM WORSE Doctor b All But Mother and Nurse om Girl’s Room. By United Pn ELMHURS. 111.. Feb. 4.—Miss Elizabeth Wan. was so weakened today by 21 dajc f continuous hiccoughing that he physician ordered no one but her mother and a nurse be admitted to her room in the home of friends.

1342 PUPILS LISTED ON TECH HONOR ROLL Five Seniors, Four Underclassmen Head List. The faculty of Technical High School announced today that 1342 pupils were listed on the semester honor roll, 64 of who made straight A-plus records. The five seniors and four underclassmen who led the honor roll with 16 points or more were Miss Mary Kathryn Carter, Mfss Marie Schubert. Miss Mary Rita Scheerin, Miss Virgene Moore, Miss Dorothy Paul, Victor Peterson, Richard Stafford, John Goddard and Norman Maier.

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WOMAN KILLED IN AUTO CRASH ON ICYHIGHWAY Four Other Persons Injured in Collision; 15th Fatality of Year Here. Dr. William E. Arbuckle, Marion County Coroner, today was investigating circumstances surrounding a collision on ice-covered pavement at White River and State Road Nc. 29 yesterday which resulted in the death of a woman and injury to

four persons. Mrs. Velma Burtt, 30, of 302 N. Dorman-av, died at St. Vincent’s Hospital an hour after the crash, the 15th accident

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fatality in Marion County this year. Mrs. Burtt was riding in an automobile driven by her brother-in-law, Fred Pressley, '33, of 2643 E. 18th-st, which collided with one driven by E. O. Noggie, 56, R. R. 17, Box 47. The injured are Everett Burtt, 34, husband of Mrs. Burtt, broken leg; Mr. Pressley, cuts and bruises; Mrs. Delight Pressley, 26, his wife, cuts and a broken collar bone, and Mrs. Blanche Noggie, 40, wife of Mr. Noggie, cuts. * The taxicab of L. C. Carter, 31, of 1450 Central-av, parked at the side of the road to give assistance to the injured, was struck by an automobile driven by Bruce Johnson, 21, of 3446 Birchwood-av. No one was injured. Mr. Noggie told deputy sheriffs that the Pressley car was driving on the wrong side of the road and that the two cars crashed when both skidded to avert an accident. NEW CLEANER OFFERED St. Clair Brokerage Cos. Takes Local Agency. The St. Clair Brokerage Cos., 601 Kentucky-av, has been appointed local representative for Lazy Man’s Cleaner, anew household cleaner manufactured by the Founders Paint Cos., Milwaukee. Sales will be handled through wholesale and retail grocers and will be advertised exclusively through the newspapers.

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Architectural Club, luncheon, Architects and Builders Building. Alpha Tau Omega, luncheon, Board of Trade. Gyro Club, luncheon, Spink-Arms. * Indiana Federation of Clubs board meeting, afternoon and night, Claypool. Indiana State Highway Commission, 9:30 a. m., Claypool. Mercator Club, luncheon, Columbia Club. Rotary Club, luncheon, Claypool. Universal Club, luncheon, Columbia Club. United Cab Cos., 1:30 p. m., Claypool.

II Year Sees Growth iof Industry Improved business conditions in the Mississippi Valley are indicated by the increased industrial activity along the Illinois Central System during 1934. Compared with 1933, when 112 new i Industries were established on this I railroad, there were 156 established \ in 1934. In round figures they repre--1 sent an investment of $ 10,000,000. I One of the major objectives of the Illinois Central System is to further the industrial development of its ter* Htory. Trained men are available as Ms advisers in matters of industrial JocaJmwflm tion, and the entire Illinois Central organization stands ready to assist in )M ifmfflHß* this work. MntrfflffUSp Constructive criticism and suggesfions are invited. INDUSTRIES L A . DOWNS THRIVE ON President, Illinois Central System TRANSPORT BY RAILROAD

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POSTAL WORKERS TO HONOR SEIDENSTICKER Card Party and Dance Set for Feb. 16 at Athenaeum. Indianapolis postal employes will honor Postmaster Adolph Seidensticker Saturday, Feb. 16, with a card party, dance and floor show at the Athenaeum. Lawrence E. Ernst Is general chairman. He is assisted by Louis Deckler and Guy Strickler. The ticket committee includes Roscoe Abel, chairman; Owen Com, Lewis Mogle, Noble Reed, William O. Coleman, Glenn Burkhardt Thomas King and Harold Schreckengost. The card committee includes Mr. Decker, chairman, and Irvin Rumple and Elmer Schmalfeldt. Walter Smith is publicity chairman. Members of the reception committee are Mr. Strickler, chairman; James Butler, Frank Rinkard, Ora Baker, Raymond Wilson, Edward Grimes Thomas Greenwood, Marvin Kennedy, Charles Knotts and Karl Stimpson. FATHERS, SONS TO DINE McCordsville Boy Scouts Sponsor Annual Banquet. The first annual Father and Son banquet of McCordsville will be held at the Methodist Church there tomorrow at 6:45. Sponsored by the church Boy Scout troop an effort is being made to secure the attendance of every man in the community with his own son or with an adopted son for the evening. F. O. Belzer, Indianapolis scout executive, will speak. TjledicaJtaL! Ingredients of Vicks Vapoftub in Convenient Candy Form VICKS COUGH DROP

POWER RATES IN CITY HIGH. U. SLREVEALS 1934 Reductions Fail to Put Indianapolis in Lower Class. BY DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON. Feb. 4.—Despite last year’s reductions, Indianapolis Power and Light Cos. rates still keep Mr. Average Householder paying monthly electric bills of greater size than those in most cities of more than 100,000 population. This fact was disclosed today by the Federal Power Commission survey, which for the first time presents data for comparison. The typical residential bill for Indianapolis was given as $8.53. In Tacoma, Wash., with its pub-licly-owned power plant, the same

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LANDON NAMED HEAD OF PENAL SOCIETY Other Officers Chosen by Reform Group. Hugh McK. Landon began his duties today as president of th Indiana Committee, an organization formed to reform criminal procedure. penal institution regulation and parole work, following elections yesterday at the Claypool. Mr. Landon succeeds Kenneth L. Ogle. Other new officers are Prof. James L. Robinson, Indiana University law school, vice president; Walter Myers, Indianapolis attorney, secretarytreasurer, and Herman C. Wolff, assistant secretary-treasurer. Jessie Le\y Moves Office Miss Jessie Levy, the attorney who unsuccessfully defended the Dillinger mobsters convicted of the murder of Sheriff Jesse Sarber, Lama, 0., has announced the removal of her law office from the Circle Tower to room 703. Union Title Building.