Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 8, Indianapolis, Marion County, 20 March 1936 — Page 7

MARCH 20, 1936.

COUNTY READY TO LAUNCH ITS SAFETY DRIVE Madison Officials Seek to Cut Toll of Deaths on Highways. T mrt fitrclnl ANDERSON, Ind., March 20. With appoin'mcnt of • Municipal Judge Robert C. Smith as executive ehajMMn. Madison County was today to enter upon an safety campaign under auspices of the Indiana Committee on Public Safety. Detailed plans for the drive, particularly to stimulate highway safety, are to be laid when citizen committeemen and traffic specialists meet here Monday night. Appointment of committees to

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serve under the executive group followed preliminary preparations for a concerted effort to check traffic casualties in Madison County. These included conferences between city officials and Lieut. F. M. Kreml. Purdue safety consultant; assignment of WPA patrolmen to local schools, and plans for a countywide traffic survey. Supervisor Names Aids Selected bv Earl Dunbar, county supervisor for the In Jana committee, to assist Judge Smith, were Mrs. Jessie Wallace, first vice chairman; O. W. Bluemle, second vice chairman; Josephine Early, secretary. and Louis Eggman, treasurer. Mr. Dunbar said various committees enlisted for the work would direct an educational program to include lectures and safety demonstrations before schools and civic groups, publication of traffic rules and warnings, and posting of warning signs. Other committee chairmen selected for the campaign are James R. Day, education; Fred Barr, enforcement; Fred Antrim, engineering; L. W. Seaton, legislative, and Frank Clem, fire prevention.

POLICE QUICKEN DISPATCHING BY RADIONETWORK Indianapolis System to Be Fastest in Country, Captain Says. by SAM TYNDALL In less than a month, wben radio engineers complete improvements on local police radio operations, Indianapolis is to have the fastest police radic dispatching system in the country. Capt. Robert L. Batts, Indianapolis police radio head, said today. Four improvements in efficiency, recently incorporated in this department. have made the Indianapolis station, WMDZ, unique among police radio stations. Two of the sea-

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tures are to be adopted in New York and Wilmington, Del. “For several years we have operated our station with a home-de-signed automatic power reserve system affording the least risk of a halt in broadcasting in event of damage by fire, water or electrical storms,” Capt. Batts said. Engineers Study System “This system we are now using has been studied by radic engineers from nearby cities. New York and Wilmington police radio officials have wired us for complete details

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by local engineers limits the dispatcher at police headquarters to on® broadcast, the two repetitions being left to a dispatcher at the radio station at Willard Park. Additional Dispatcher Needed The changes now being carried out at police headquarters include equipment for an additional fulltime dispatcher. Maps of radio car districts with lights controlled from the radio

operator’s switchboard, a reminder of the position and errand of each squad car. were made several weeks ago. They are to cover the wall space in front of each operator. Sound proofing, air conditioning and indirect lighting equipment in this important department of the police was installed last week. “The only improvement that must wait for further experimentation is two-way broadcasting.” Capt. Batts

said. “We expect to experiment with hroacasting from squad cars again next summer.” Mystery Disease Hits Reindeer fit/ f nitrif Prrnn POINT BARROW. Alaska, March 20.—A mysterious disease is causing the death of many reindeer in the Point Barrow region. Paul Stafford, acting supervisor of the reindeer service, has reported. He is investigating the disease.

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