Indianapolis Times, Volume 47, Number 242, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 December 1935 — Page 9

DEC. 18, 1935.

SEIDENSTICKER HAPPY TO GIVE SANTA A HAND Postmaster Makes Certain Notes to Old Fellow Get Attention. BY TRISTRAM COFFIN Postmaster Adolph Seidensticker, who, with his ruddy cheeks and silvery hair, bears a resemblance to the legendary Santa Claus, today took over the job of substituting as St Nick for hundreds of trusting Indianapolis children. On his desk every morning is piled a packet of letters addressed in clumsy scrawls to Santa Claus, North Pole. All these he reads. Postmen have been instructed to bring all these unstamped Christmas messages to Mr. Seidensticker. Those he believes indicate real necessity arc given to the Christmas Clearing House. The little boy who lived with his grandmother and ivanted clothes for his sister and himself will receive consideration of The Times Clothea -Child. A letter in neat little German handwriting from a 73-year-old woman in Wisconsin, was received today. The first sentence was translated by Mr. Seidensticker as "We are told to write to you.” Lost Her Life Savings The woman explained that the savings she accumulated for old age by embroidery work had been swept away and that she was married to an 84-year-old man whose only income was a meager peas on. Mr. Seidensticker chuck ed, as you might expect Santa Claus himself to chuckle, when he found that a little girl had written, “L-\ S.: I think you are a sweetie pie.” The postmaster marked with an "X” a letter which said, "Dear Santa Claus: Will you please send my little boy something, as he won't get much Christmas any other way. And if you remember him, it will be very much appreciated.” "That letter will be turned over to the proper agencies,” Mr. Seidensticker said thoughtfully. Sorry He Was Bad However, the children asking toy machine guns, electric trains, large doll houses and expensive toys can expert little attention from the Santa Claus of the Federal Building. "It’s only (he needy ones that interest me ’• he said, throwing aside a typed letter from a wealthy residential district. Anxious to make an impression on Santa Claus, one boy wrote, “Jimmy is a good boy, I guess your elves have told you that,” while another pleaded: "I'm sorry I was a bad boy, Santa Claus.” A boy from Anderson wrote what he thought was a convincing letter ■when he said, "I am good to my mother, when she says go to bed, I do and don't say nothing.” Have Faith in Air Mail Santa Claus may be an expert interpreter of the hieroglyphics of children of pre-school ; ge, but Past-

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Special Christmas Seal sale committee includes Postmaster Seidensticker tupper left) Dr. A. L. Marshall) upper right and Almus G. Ruddell (lower). The campaign is to close Dec. 24. Eli Lilly is chairman of the committee. Seal sales provide the only source of revenue for the Marion County Tuberculosis Association.

FEDERAL JOBS ARE OPEN Civil Service Board Is to Conduct Examinations for 3 Posts. Examinations for the following positions are announced by Frank J. Boatman, 421 federal Building, secretary oi the local U. S. Civil Service Board: Transportation tariff examiner, freight, $2300 a year salary; examiner, passenger, $2300, and rate agent, $3200. master Seidensticker regretfully puts lo one side the notes with illegible whirls and lines. In tune with the times, some children pin their faith on air mail to have their letters delivered to Santa Claus in his polar retreat. Since Santa Claus is, after all, far beyond the reach of the United States mail, Mr. Seidensticker is doing his best to see that several needy children retain their faith in an old custom.

‘WOMAN IN RED’ FEARS FRIENDS OF DILLINGER Anna Sage, in Hungary, Pleads That Hiding Place Be Kept Secret. B;/ United. Press BUDAPEST, Dec. 18.—Mrs. Anna Sage, the "woman in red” who led John Dillinger into a Chicago death trap set by United States agents, still lives in mortal terror that Dillinger's friends will hunt her down and kill her. "Don’t tell where I am living,” she implored Hungarian newspaper men, who traced her to a remote village. She said she received $15,000 for her part in sending Dillinger to" his death.

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*6.189.000 due. all except $53,000 has been paid, officials declared.