Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 225, Indianapolis, Marion County, 28 November 1935 — Page 8

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FHA PROGRAM FOR PUBLIC TO BE DISCUSSED Bank Representatives to Meet Tomorrow on Campaign. Means of aiding the current campaign of the Federal Housing Adminitn-ation are to be discussed at a meeting at 10 tomorrow of representatives of banks which are members of the Indianapolis Clearing House Association. The meeting. called by Arthur V. Brown, president of the association, is to be held in its offices. Speakers will be R. Earl Peters, state FHA director, and Louis E. Scarbrough, Washington, assistant manager of financial relations. They are to discuss the program for acquainting the public with provisions of the National Housing Act. Asa part of the campaign, a mass meet ing is to be held Tuesday night at the Claypool and a four-day insured mortgage clinic is to often on Wednesday in the Architects and Builders Building. FHA representatives from Washington are to explain how a home can be built and paid lor on the rental basis; buy or modernize a house; refinancing of mortgages by the single mortgage system of the FHA and installation of modern devices in homes. Persons interested in obtaining loans can arrange private interviews betwen 0 a. m. and 9 p. m. on each of the four daysProclamations issued yesterday by Gov McNutt and Mayor Kern called attention to the Tuesday night meeting. Mr. Peters has received indorsement of the campaign from Rabbi M. M. Feuerlicht, Indianapolis Hebrew congregation; the Very Rev. Henry F. Dugan, chancellor. Indianapolis diocese of the Catholic Church, and C. L. Harkness and Ernest N Evans, president and secretary, respectively, of the Indianapolis Church Federation. Approval also has been given by civic, service and luncheon groups. GOV. M'NUTT DEFENDS BIDS FOR PRINTING Says Dissatisfaction Can Always Be Expected. Defending letting of state printing contracts, Gov. McNutt declared yesterday that complaints against one successful bid apparently were the result of dissatisfaction that “can b$ expected in such a competitive business.” He said that all bids were checked carefully by the State Accounts Board and that contracts were awarded to low bidders. Some bidders had contended that the bid on one classification was far below cost. KAHN BUTLER ORATOR First Freshman Selected to Represent University at State Meet, Alexander Kahn, 17, will renresent, Butler University in the state intercollegiate oratorical contest to be h'ld Feb. 14 at Earlham College. He is the first freshman Butler ever has sent to the event. The young speaker is a son of Mr. and Mrs. Ralph H. Kahn. 920 N. Al-abama-st, and won entry to the state contest by defeating seven upperclassmen in elimination competition. His subject is “Turn Pacifist.” Hr was graduated in June from Shortridge High School.

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City Flier May Pilot Clipper Ship to China nun o *tt o Mike LaPorte, Navy Hero, Now Testing Giant Craft Destined for Trans-Pacific Route.

BY TRISTRAM COFFIN WHEN additional clipper ships of Pan-American Airways begin their regular voyages across the Pacific Ocean from California to China, Capt. Arthur Earl <Mikei LaPorte, an Indianapolis man, may be at the controls of one of the planes.

Capt. LaPorte's old friend and and Navy associate, Capt. Edwin C. Musick is, making aviation history today as skipper of the giant China Clipper. Recalled recently from South America, where he was one of the ranking pilots, Capt. La Porte has been testing Pan-American's third ocean liner, the Hawaiian Clipper. If Capt. LaPorte Ls entrusted with the responsibility of taking an airplane across the waves, his proud parents. Mr. and Mrs. J. W. LaPorte, 549 Fleteher-av, Apt. 3, will not be worried particularly, for they have faith both in their son’s ability and Pan-Aunerican Airways. They recall too well, however, those horrible hours in 1926 when Mike and two other naval officers were adrift in the seas off Miami for six hours, clinging to pontoons. Capt. LaPorte, then a chief petty officer in the Navy, was relief pilot of the seaplane IS3 when it dropped into the waters. tt tt tt A FTER his third year at Manual Training High School, Mike enlisted in the Navy here in 1913, because of his interest in electrical work. He advanced rapidly to chief petty officer, the highest rank usually held by enlisted men. and was transferred to aviation shortly before the United States’ entry into the World War. During the war. he was instructor in aviation at Norfolk and Pensacola. When Capt. LaPorte retired from the Navy after 16 years service, he became associated with Pan-American Airways. In South America, Capt. LaPorte became somewhat of a pioneer in blazing trails across the sky. He was the first pilot to establish a commercial route across the mouth of the Amazon River and from Colon to Miami. Before being recalled to the United States, Capt. LaPorte was ranking pilot on the Para. BrazilRio De Janiero line for PanAmerican. Capt. LaPorte might have accompanied Admiral Richard Byrd on a polar expedition if Mrs. LaPorte, quite understandingly, had not made such an emphatic protest. tt tt o WHEN he was home during the Thanksgiving holiday last year, Capt. LaPorte remarked to his parents, "Every time I go up I feel safer in the air than on the graund I never take a plane up until it is tested thoroughly.” Asa boy attending School 15 and Manual, Mike and his brother, Glenn, carried newspapers for the old Indianapolis Sun, predecessor of The Indianapolis Times. The LaPorte apartment on

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Fletcher-av shows, through the many pictures of a bronzed young officer, that the parents justly are proud of their sons record. If, at some future date, 39-year-old Capt. LaPorte takes his ship roaring across the Pacific, there will be many in Indianapolis to wish him "God speed.” BAPTISM FIGHT MAY | GO TO HIGHER COURT Judge Refuses to Restrain Modern Pastor. By I iiitnj [‘rigs MOUNT CARROLL, 111., Nov. 28. Twenty-two Fundamentalists today planned to ask the Appellate Court to uphold their belief that baptsim by immersion is the only true way to salvation. Circuit Judge Albert H. Manus late yesterday denied them an xn- ! junction restraining their pastor, whose "new-fangled” ideas they resent, from using church property. The youthful pastor, handsome, black-haired Dr. David E. Todd, defended his practice of baptising new' members by “sprinkling” by pointing out that a majority of the nv mb~rs of his First Christian Church at Thomson voted for the change. He said he w'ould continue his efforts to settle the controversy out of court. Judsre Manus held that baptismal procedure was an ecclesiastical matter over which the court had no jurisdiction. HALLECK TO SPEAK Congressman to Address G. O. P. Rally at Fort Wayne, | Times special F’ORT WAYNE. Ind., Nov. 28. Rep. Charles A. Halleck. Rensselaer, ia to be the principal speaker at a Republican rally here next Thursday, Dan C. Flannagan, committee chairman, has announced. Other speakers are to include John K. Ruckelshaus Jr.. Indianapolis; Prof. Andrew Cordier, North Manchester College; Ralph Gates, Columbia City, district chairman, and Don Irwin, Frankfort, Republican state chairman. Divorcee Takes Own Life VINCENNES, Ind.. Nov. 28.—Mrs. Clara Wampler. 24. committeed suicide by drinking a disinfectant at i the home of her parents, Mr. and j Mrs. Harry Gillespie, early today. | Despondency over divorce from her ! husband, perry Wampler, is be- < lieved responsible.

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HEALTH EXPERT I CITES PERILS IN i WINTER HEATING Carbon Monoxide Danger in Home Pointed Out by Baltimore Official. f’.i/ Science .Serrice BALTIMORE, Nov. 28.—1 t seems just yesterday, or at most the day before, that w r e were looking for scientific guidance on how to avoid | the dangers and discomforts of hot weather. Now we are reminded that winter, as well as summer, has hazards connected with heat. The winter-rime dangers ol household heating are pointed out by Dr. Wilmer H. Schulze of the Baltimore City Health Department. Chief or these dangers is that of carbon monoxide poisoning. "Keep in mind the fact ihat any fuel, whether wood, coal, oil ur gas. when incompletely burned, produces varying amounts of poisonous gas, carbon monoxide,” Dr. Schulze cautions "In order to avoid contamii nating the air in your home w'ith | this gas, the products of combus- ; lion from . the heating plant are piped into the chimney and escape into the outside air. As long as there is no obstruction to the free passage of the gases to the outside there is little danger of a carbonmonoxide hazard. Soot Accumulations Dangerous “Accumulations of soot in chimneys and vent pipes, solid objects which have fallen into the chimney or something that is entirely shutting off the chimney draft may result in carbon monoxide permeating the house because of incompletely burned fuel. To avoid such occurrence, it is best to inspect your heating plant before it is placed in | operation for the winter months and periodically during the heating season. “Remember that carbon monoxide is a very poisonous gas and, like a thief in the night, sometimes catches persons unawares.” Dr. Schulze also stresses the value of placing ashes in metal receptacles. “The use of wooden or cardboard containers may cause a fire, probably during the night,” he says. “Never attempt to start a fire by pouring inflammable liquids, such as kerosene, on the paper or wood fuel; a dangerous explosion is iikely to result from such a practice. Be Careful of Tubing “Frequently we augment the general heating system in the home by the use of room heaters on cool evenings in the fall or on extremely cold nights during the winter. Probably the most popular types of | heaters are those which burn gas | Room heaters should be connected with rigid metal piping whenever possible. “Never use plain rubber tubing or flexible spiral-metal tubing on gas appliances. These soon deteriorate, crack and allow unburned gas to escape. It is safer not to permit a gas appliances to operate in a room throughout the whole night. An accident may cause the flame to be extinguished, with the result that the occupants of the room are ex-

PORTRAIT STUDY! LATE. UNLAMENTED HOOVERVILLE

Autumn weeds are high in backyards and hilly streets of Hooverville, on the west bank of the White River near Washington-st. Dirt l-amparts have been built. The depression town-within-a-town does not have a chicken in every pot; in fact, it doesn't have

posed to dangerous amounts of carbon monoxide while asleep. “If during the operation of your heating plant or room heaters you notice persistent headaches, which are sometimes accompanied by nausea or vomiting, it may be that carbon monoxide is escaping into the home. Look into the matter at once before a more serious result follows,” Dr. Schulze urges. GOV. M’NUTT SPEAKS AT THETA PI DINNER Richard E. Ray Chosen President at Annual Election. Gov. McNutt was the principle speaker at the fitty-second annual pre-Thanksgiving dinner of the Theta Pi Fraternity last night at the Columbia Club. Election of officers was held. Richard E. Ray was chosen as president; Reily C. Adams, first vice president; H. K. Emde, second vice president; Harold G. Ransburg, sec-retary-treasurer. and Kurt Lieber, assistant secretary-treasurer. About 300 members attended. FLAMES DESTROY BARN Residence Saved by Warning Broadcast by School Teacher. Times Special SHELBYVILLE, Ind., Nov. 28. Although a S2OOO fire late yesterday destroyed their barn, Mr. and Mrs. Virgil Shepple, residing near Rays Crossing, are thankful today. Their gratitude is due Miss Mildred Phares, school teacher, who sighted the blaze from her auto and, by driving toward the scene with the horn blowing, summoned scores of neighbors to check the fire before it could reach the Shepple home.

a pot. It is a ghost town, as shown in the photo, made more ghostly by the Federal government’s levee and flood prevention work that ousted the residentsThe only vestige of the days of closed banks and radio speakers’ phophecies that “grass will grow in the streets” is a houseboat that

ROOSEVELT HOST TO INFANTILE PATIENTS Two Members of Family to Share Dinner. By United Press WARM SPRINGS. Ga.. Nov. 23. President Roosevelt joined with millions of other Americans today in celebrating Thanksgiving. He h?d as his guests the infantile paralysis sufferers of the Warm Springs Foundation. Several turkeys especially fattened for the occasion will grace the prudential festive board tonight when he sits dowm with nearly 350 persons in Georgia Hall at the Foundation. Mr. Roosevelt also will have with him two members of his family, Mrs. Roosevelt, and their son James. It was expected that Mr. Roosevelt would make a brief address tonight as he has done in former years and also prove an interested spectator to the informal party to be staged afterward by the patients and their guests. QUADRUPLETS REPORTED Second Set in England Are Born in Seven Weeks. By United Press LONDON, Nov. 28.—The second set of quadruplets born in England within seven weeks was reported today from St. Neots, a small town in Huntingshire. Three boys and one girl were born to Mrs. Walter. All were said to be "doing well.”

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STATE TO OPEN BIDS Navigation Lights on Ohio River to Be Replaced. The State Highway Commission is j to open bids Dec. 20 on installation :of navigation lights on the Oruo River bridge at Evansville, Chairman James D. Adams said today. At the War Department’s request, the state is to replace oil lamps, used since the bridge was constructed, with an electric lighting system.

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EXPERTS FIND CITY AT TOPS ON ECONOMY Also Shows by Far the Lowest Possible Per Capita Debt. T imes Special WASHINGTON. Nov. 28.—Indianapolis was one of the most economically operated cities in the country in i934 and had by far the lowest per capita debt of any city of comparable size, tabulation by the Bureau of Census disclosed today. The 1934 per capita cost of operation. maintenance and interest in Indianapolis was $37.95. having been scaled down from $40.35 in 1933. At the same time the per capita debt was decreased from $86.21 in 1933 to $80.77 in 1934. These decreases were reflected in the per capita levies of the general property tax, which fell from $39.27 in 1933 to $31.86 in 1934. Per capita revenue receipts were $48.24 in 1933 and $47.29 in 1934. Os the 13 cities between 300.000 and 500.000 population, only Houston, Tex., with $34.73. had lower operating costs in 1934. But the Houston tax levy was $33.57 per capita and per capita debt $166,73. New Orleans’ $31.22 levy and Cincinnati’s $27.54 were lower than Indianapolis. but the Cincinnati rate does not include the levies on personal property. The smaller Hoosier cities also made a good showing in 1934. Fort Wayne operating costs were $30.01 per capita and levy $20.10; South Bend $25.60 and $20.22; Gary $25.57 and $22.85, and Evansville, $24.98 and 17.79. Bloodworth Appointed Constable John M. Bloodworth, 2746 Alienay, has been appointed Franklin i Township constable to succeed AlI bertson Howard, resigned, the county commissioners announced.