Indianapolis Times, Volume 48, Number 10, Indianapolis, Marion County, 23 March 1936 — Page 3

MARCH 23, 1936

TROLLEY FIRM SOON TO START NEW BUILDINGS $2,000,000 of PWA Fund Turned Over; 1200 to Be Given Jobs. Work on Indianapolis Railways’ ivw $3,120,000 improvement program, made possible by a PWA loan, is to start within the next Two or three weeks, Charles W. Chase, president, announced today. With these funds the street car company will be able t,o give Indianapolis a completely modern mass transportation system by the end of this year, instead of 1042. as originally contemplated, he added. It is estimated that the improvements are to employ approximately 12.T0 men for an average period of nine months. New employes are to be obtained through the National Re-employment Service. $2,000,000 Signed Over At a meeting In Chicago Saturday, attended by J. Courtney Ivey, PWA counsel and officers of the Indianapolis Railways, the Federal government, signed over $2,000,000 in cash to representatives of the Union Trust Cos. and the Indiana Trust Cos., of Indianapolis, for deposit until used bv the street car company. The trust companies are serving as trustees of the security issues which the government is purchasing through the PWA. This loan is to be repaid over a 30-year period, with 4 per cent interest. The ha lance of the $3,120,000 is to be paid over to local banks in July, Mr. Chase said. The program includes purchase of 57 trackless trolley cars and 10 motor coaches, construction of 9.7 miles of trackless trolley overhead lines, reconstruction of 26 miles of street car tracks on permanent rail lines and installation of more electric switches. Car Barns lo Be Remodeled In addition, the company is to remodel the W. Wp.shington-st car storage barns, and spend $750,000 constructing car shops, garage, stores and office headquarters huildings on four and a half acres al 1100 W. Washington-st. Work on this last-named project is not to he started. Mr Chase said, until detailed specifications are completed and contracts awarded under PWA regulations. “We first intend to begin improving our permanent, car tracks.” he said. "Once the project gets started, we intend to keep it going at full pace.” The company’s proposed 10-year modernization program was started in July. 1932, he added. Sixty-five per cent of it has been completed with an expenditure of more than $4,500,000.

EDUCATION DIRECTOR TO BE UNITARIAN SPEAKER Francis Wood, Detroit, to Talk Tomorrow' and Wednesday. Miss Francis Wood, religious education director for the Detroit Unitarian Church, is to be the principal speaker at meetings sponsored by the All-Souls Unitarfcin Church tomorrow and Wednesday. Miss Wood is to speak at a congregational dinner tomorrow night and at the church school staff dinner Wednesday night. John Hermann. director of the local church school, is to preside at both sessions. In charge of the meetings are Mrs. Elizabeth Tripp. Mrs. Frank Mrs. Fred Doeppers, Mrs. Clifton Page. Mrs. C. B. Blakoslee, Mrs. Fritz Schaefer, Miss McLaughlin. Mrs. Guy Morris and Mrs. James R. Branson.

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Sunrlw 5:44 1 Sunset 5:59 TEMPERATURE —March 28. 1925 * a. m !>•’ 1 p. m fid —Today—--6 a. m 52 10 a. m 54 7 a. m 52 II a. m ....... 57 H a. m 52 12 a. m 58 0 a. m 52 I p. m til BAROMETER 7 a. m 2i).81 1 p. m 29.79 Precipitation 24 hrs. ending at 7a. m. .02 Total precipitation since Jan. 1 5 fit Deficiency since Jan. 1 2.86 OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M. Station. Weather. Bar. Temp. Amarillo. Tex Clear 29.42 44 Bismarck. N. D Snow 29.62 22 Boston Clear 30 00 40 Chit, ago C’ioudv 29.64 52 Cincinnati Cloudy 29.90 56 Denver ... Snow 29.60 22 Dodge Cirv. Kas Clear 29 35 46 Helena. Mont Clear 29.92 12 Jacksonville. Flb Cloudy 30.16 5a Kansas Citv. Mo Clear 29.46 62 Little Rock. Ark Cloudy 29.72 66 Los Angeles Clear 29.90 48 Miami. Fla Cloudy 30.16 70 Minneapolis Rain 29.94 38 Mobile. Ala Cloudy 29 96 66 New Orleans PtClriv 29.88 66 New York Cloudy 30,14 44 Okla. Citv. Okla Cloudy 29 48 60 Omaha. Neb Foggy 29 40 48 Pittsburgh Cloudy 30 06 43 Portland. Ore ... Rain 29.98 38 Ran Antonio. Tex. ... PtCldv 29 58 68 San Francisco Clear 29.96 46 St Louts Cloudy 29 62 64 Tampa. Fla. .... Cloudv 30.14 60 Washington. DC Cloudv 30.22 46

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Exhausted by the ordeal of escaping from flooded homes, these refugees sleep in improvised beds at the Red Cross headquarters in Wheeling, W. Va„ which bore the brunt of the upper Ohio River's rampage. More than two score were reported dead at Wheeling, with thousands homeless.

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Pledged to “further reduction in taxes and governmental costs,” Jacob Weiss (above), president pro tern of the Indiana State Senate, has announced his candidacy for Democratic renomination to the upper house of the Assembly from Marion County. Senator Weiss’ announcement said he favors "home rule as a fundamental concept of democracy" and will work to reduce taxes by "placing on the tax rolls persons and properties which heretofore have been successful in evading a just contribution to the cost of government.” Senator Weiss, an attorney, was elected a State Representative in 1930 and to the Senate in 1932. He was president pro tern in the 1935 regular session and in the special session recently ended. He Is a Royal Arch Mason, director of the Jewish Community Center Association. Temple Beth-El and B’Nai B’Rith and a member of several civic and political organizations. He resides at 5818 Cen-tral-av. is married and has two children.

AWAIT FORMS FOR TRACK FUND GRANT 1 WPA, City Officials Await Application Papers. Wayne Coy, regional WPA director, today is expecting to receive forms for the city’s application for Federal funds to be used on South Side track elevation. If these papers are received, Henry B. Steeg, city engineer, has announced that he can have them ready for filing within a week. The proposed $3.0t‘0,000 elevation plan calls for work on the Belt Railroad between Meridian-st and Pleasant Run-blvd, and on the Pennsylvania Railroad between Orange and Raymond-sts. The recently passed amendment to the Federal deficiency bill has given Mayor Kern new hopes that this time the project might be accepted. 5 Killed in Skirmish By United Prrxx WARSAW. March 23.—Five workmen were killed and 30 wounded today in a fierce clash between strikers and police in Cracow. A general strike was called for tomorrow.

EAST-WEST Train Service Now Resumed! AH Pennsylvania Railroad trains operating between eastern and western points are again running over their established routes. ★ ★ ★ The Pennsylvania Railroad w : shes to express here a word of gratitude for the patience manifested by patrons in the recent flood crisis. This announcement would be incomplete without also publicly expressing thanks to the several railroads which cooperated in the emergency in detouring of Pennsylvania Railroad trams, and to our employees for their efficient and untiring work in making possible the resumption of service so quickly. PENNSYLVANIA RAILROAD SPEED SAFETY COMFORT

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F. 0. R. DEFENDS EXPERIMENTS ‘Standing StilT Is Feared by President, He Says in Florida (Continued From Page One) on New Deal critics coupled with the assurance to the nation that changes in the method of approach to an objective did not mean that old ideals have been scrapped. "What has taken place at Rollins.” he said, “illustrates what I speak of as new approaches to old problems. If you abolish lectures and recitations and substitute the conference plan of study, you do not abandon the old ideals of culture. “An amazing increase in the very number of things which an educated man must today calls not only for more facts but calls also for what might be called a third dimension in education the tying together of all the subjects and all the facts into the relationship of their whole with modern life. Gror.ps Influence All “Just as you and, indeed, the faculty and students in any college, reach conclusions individually and collectively, so do the masses of our people individually and collectively approach governmental problems. All of us are greatly influenced by group association. The family group is the oldest, the smallest, and yet through all change and all time the most important. "Yet, there are groups with some of which almost all have some form cf association—the church, the social circle, the club, the lodge, the labor organization, the political party, the neighboring farmers. Business and commerce are almost wholly made up of groups. "The fact of this group existence and resulting group thinking brings forward one of the great problems of orderly government functioning. "In the community, local government must adjust small groups for the community good. In states, larger groups must be co-ordinated for the greater good of all the people within the state. In the Federal government, the problem is to adjust still greater groups in the interest of the largest group of all—one hundred and twenty-five million people in whom reposes the sovereignty of the United States of America. Gives Example “But it is well to remember that the individual citizen contributes most greatly to the good of this largest group only when he or she thinks in terms of the largest group. Only in this way can democracy and a republican form of government permanetly succeed.”

YOUTH KILLED IN CAR CRASH; TOLL NOW 24 Three Others Are Injured in Same Accident; Driver Is Held. (Continued From Page One) Paul M. E. Church pastor, is to i officiate. Burial is to be in Crown Hill Cemetery. Mr. Boling, who was 30. died in City Hospital Saturday of injuries received when he drove his automobile into a safety zone guard at Rural and E. Washington-sts Friday. Born in Greensburg, Mr. Boling j had lived in Indianapolis most of his life. He was employed by Jones & Maley, Inc., automobile sales company, and was a member of the Knights of Pythias. Girl, 3. Runs Into Car Survivors are the widow, Mrs. Della Engledow Boling, and two brothers, Cecil and Glenn Boling, all of Indianapolis; two sisters, Mrs. Fern Kelly, of Chicago, and Mrs. Una Crawford, of New York, j and his parents, Mr. and Mrs. Clyde Boling. Three-year-old Marjorie Wilj liams, of 708 Prospect-st, was inJ jured yesterday afternoon when she 1 ran against the side of an automobile driven by Ralph Bassingham, 45, of 1715 Lawrence-av. She was i treated for minor cuts and bruises | at City Hospital. Loosing control of his automobile when he rubbed his eyes, Harry Wise, 28, of 20 N. Bloomington-st, told police his car collided with ona driven by Mrs. Edna Mobley, 38, of 5053 S. State-av. The accident occurred yesterday afternoon in the 100 block on Bloomington-st. Mrs. Mobley was treated at City Hospital. Hurt in Motorcycle Crash George Hubbard, 22, and Mrs. Gertrude Showalter, 28. injured in an automobile-motorcycle collision at Bates and Leota-sts early yesterday, were reported in a fair condition at City Hospital. Passengers in the automobile, driven by Clark Showalter, 34, of 3425 Garden-av, were his wife and their daughter, Scherma. George Hubbard was riding on the motorcycle with his brother Robert, 19, of 1117 Lexington-av. George today faced a charge of failure to stop after an accident, and Robert was slated on a charge of vagrancy. Police also arrested Mr. Showalter, and charged him with failure to have a driver’s license.

Flood Fund Please record my subscription of $ (Name) (Address) (City) Mail to Indianapolis Red Cross, War Memorial Building, Make checks payable to Arthur V. Brown, Treasurer.

ATHEISM UNDERMINING U. S., PASTOR ASSERTS Belgian Fundamental to Man, Lenten Preacher Declares. "A rising tide of atheism is sweeping away the religious faith of the American people and in so doing is undermining the foundations of our lives, “the Rev. George S. Southworth, Church of the Advent rector, said in a Lenten sermon this noon at Christ Church. “The ideas of religion are fundamental to the stability of any and all types of civilization. “Our American government requires today officials who are willing to give their finest talents to their country. We know that Christianity can produce such men. But can atheism?” The Rt. Rev. William Scarlett, Episcopalian bishop of Missouri, is to speak at the service tomorrow.

Did Barbara Hear Hero? Well, Host of ‘Rivals’ Did

0. K. by Him if Hoosier Blond Was There, Hints Nelson Eddy. BY JOHN W. THOMPSON Barbara Clarke, the pretty 19-year-old South Bend blond, evidently hasn't dropped out of Nelson Eddy's life forever. At least, she was supposed to have attended the baritone's concert yesterday at English's. A source close to Mr. Eddy reported that the South Bend girl and her mother. Mrs. Nathaniel R. Bessell, had arranged to hear the concert. (Nelson Eddy's concert is reviewed on Page Eleven). Miss Clarke is the young lady who recently was dragged into prominence when accused of following Mr. Eddy on his concert tour. I This writer saw neither Miss Clarke ! nor her mother, and the fact that they were present yesterday will have to be taken on the evidence of Mr. Eddy's close companion. Has Tickets to All Concerts

“Miss Clarke has tickets for all my concerts.” Mr. Eddy told us, j “but she hasn't used them for sevi eral weeks. She is a nice girl and j her interest in me is purely musical. She likes concerts, was bored to death with South Bend, so she i started following me. I don’t see anything wrong in that. If she was ' old or homely, no one would have said anything about it.” Yesterday, more than 2200 people were at the recital to hear Mr. Eddy's voice, to see his platinum and blond locks, to watch the sparkle in j his blue eyes. Dressed in a black j cutaway coat, striped gray trousers and an austere wing collar, Mr. Eddy ; disappointed no one. He arrived at the theater one j minute late, jumped through a | group of girls at the stage door, I shouted something that sounded like "Blow” (meaning scram) and fairly flew to his dressing room. ; There he doffed his brown herring- j bone coat (which was topped with a cunning little brown Beaver collar) and sipped a glass of water. After the concert, he lighted a ■

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cigaret, waited a few minutes to see if the shouting and applause would subside. It didn't so he took another bow. Back in the dressing room again. Mr. Eddy calmly stretched legs, slumped in a chair and did a lot of bird whistles. “You could make a tour doing that sometime.” we ventured. Next Year a Dancer “Oh. next year I'm going to take up tap-dancing,” he said. After a couple of puffs on a cigaret, Mr. Eddy put on his overcoat and behind perfect interference (two huge coppers) strodp cowboy fashion through the waiting mob of adoring girls to his car in the alley. Last words heard to come from Mr. Eddy were: "So long, pals.”

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ARMY SHAKEUP STIRS JAPAN IN REVOLT'S WAKE Nine Generals Lose Posts on Order From Emperor. By United Trr * TOKYO, March 23.—A merciless army house cleaning sent nine distinguished generals to the “waiting list" today and transferred 29 generals and two colonels to new posts. All changes were made by order of Emperor Hirohito. the direct result of the revolt of young extremist army officers Feb. 26 in which three leading statesmen were assassinated. The following generals were put on the waiting list, without commands: Shigeru Shonjo. chief aid to the emperor: Takeo Hori, commander of the First Division (from which most of the rebels came); Toranosuke Hashimoto. commander of the Imperial Guard; Rokuro. gendarmerie commander: Rikutaro Oshima, commander of the Second Infantry brigade of the Imperial Guard: Masasburo Sato, commander of the First Infantry brigade; Yoshio Kudo, commander of the Second Infantry brigade: Yashu,michi Ishida, commander of the Third Field Artillery brigade, and Takezo Nakai. former chief of the Toyohashi Military Academy. Gen. Moto Sugiyama. vice chief of the general staff, was reduced to a member of the staff. Gen. Mikio Furuso. vice minister of war, was reduced to membership in the air force headquarters staff. Gen. Kooku Usami. former commander of the Seventh Division. w r as named chief aid to the emperor. Gen. Rensuke Isogal was named chief of the Burpau of Military Affairs and secretary of the War Council. Rebekah Lodge to Meet Progress Rebekah Lodge No. 395 is to meet at 2308 1 ? W. Michiganst- at 8 Tuesday night.