Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 July 1936 — Page 3

Rough Rider, 1898

MODEL HOUSE MAY BE BUILT

Commissioners Ask $350. of | County Council for Project Here.

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as ‘much as $7-a mont for a dwelling bsanded” by the City Health Board as unfit for human. habitation. Plans Are Outlined

“The house would contain an “inside, sanitary toilet and’ running

water. It would have chimney outlets for.two stoves—one for cooking and one for heating. The floor would be.a . concrate slab, “finished smoothly on the inside. Walls would be plastered and a small rch would set off ‘the front. A Lestet Moorman, State Plann g Board attache loaned temporarily to the planning deffartment of /the WPA; Mrs. Meredith Nicholson Jr., WPA ‘official and member of the state Legislature; Joseph Scherer, chief inspector for the State Fire Marshal's’ office, and Clem Smith, fire marshal, together with the State and City Health Boards and. the City Fire Department, contributed information to the commissioners on the project.

Dovetails With Campaign

If the appropriation is granted and the project proves a success, the corpmissioners have’. indicated they may ask ‘for additional appropriations next year and build several more of the dwellings, creating income for the county from :properties which now yield none.

Party State Chairman, 1910

with the ‘fire ‘marshal’ current campaign to raze some: 500 uninhabitable dwellings in the city. before fall : because they -are fire traps. More ‘than 200 have been marked for destruction. County Council ' members have given assurance that they will: vote favorably in the commissioners’ request, . sponsors. said. : The council meets: 10 days: after notification’ 4s sent . to: members by. County Clerk Glenn; /Ralstoh. .

Spreads Disease, Claim

‘City “and ‘state health agencies | lately have stated thdt the presence in the city of upward of. 5000 insanitary outdoor toilets'is a great fac-: tor. mn. the spread- of. disease; in ‘the. city and a constant drain ; onthe taxpayer. The proposed project also dove= tails with: the City Health Board's work of notifying property. owners to install inside toilets and running water in’ accordance with the clty sanitation’ ordihance, - Mr. Moorman pointed out: ‘that a building

‘now -are not enough sanitary ellings to: house! families living in’ condemned properties even if: the families could afford higher rent, he said.

- Board - Officials Comment

He also pointed out that Mr. Scherer. has said. his department wotild order as many as 1000. other: buildings wrecked because they are fire hazards if it-were not that the peaple living in them would have no available shelter. Indianapolis Real Estate Board! officials , have “estimated . that ‘the number of unrented dwellings’ in’ all classes in the city is'close to 1. per cent.. That is ‘virtually a working minimum for efficient property mans agement, they said. : The comniissioners hope to make the. dedication-o "fthe house; if the appropriation ‘is granted and the work is completed; a matter of public ceremony. . The project, if com-

The proposed project dovetails

pleted, is to be a model for the state.

IN INDIANAPOLIS

MEETINGS TODAY Shrine. Caravan Club, luncheon. Scottish Rite Cathedral, noon. Advertising Club, Club. no Engineering. Society. luncheon, Board. of Trade. no noms. ol.

luncheon, Columbia

. De StAD Busitiess Club, luncheon, CoJumbia Club,

Acacia, Juhcheon, Hotel. Harrison, noon. Illini Club, luncheon, Columbia: Club, oon, }

. ua Estate Board, Hotel Washington. sons: Nu: luncheon. Hotel Washington.

BD fiding . a Indianapolis Public Schools, .annu ienic and - outing. field ark, -all day. rogram, baseball game. : Ray Harmon, chairman of the arrangements., }

MEETINGS TOMORROW

yp Erchange ‘Club, luncheon, -Hotel' Wash0! . liming Club, luncheon: Columbia Club,

Phi Delta Theta, luncheon, rd ‘of "Trade. noon. Bos

luncheon, Board of Trade. | |

Gar- |"

IL Newsom, ‘81. City, general periInfant Goodpasture, 1 day, City, bronchopneumonia. Benjamin Owens, "53, City, carcinoma. . Wilbur Sanders, 4, Ci We Atyte nephritis, Josep Dar rmody, . 66 t.. Vincent’ 5 chronie nephritls. |

BUILDING PERMITS =

Co! - , . a ora. wk W. Washington st, ‘ad jesse Jones, 1 17 Lawton-av, : garage,

Earl Huber, 1034; W. 18th-st, roofing, $86 Ogueral Outdoo: advertising Co., 1621 E. Ww. York-st, av .$400% sign, $35. La “Plumber, 19 Winthrop-a¥, alter-

$4000, I General a

r Advertising Co... 1 N. Tiinols-st, roofing - sign, fo 8000; iP frame,

oseph. E.. Bright, 287. N.. Holmes-s,

Apne

ELECTRICAL PERMITS J. As _Bumwalt, (6249, “Washingten-blvd,

5 hoc Tau Delta, luncheon, Columbia $50.

- Club,’

lon of Community rope Clubs, meeth

Gano Washingto Sines i, Hincnétn,” Board 6 of ‘Trade,

MARRIAGE LICENSES

(Iavoirect addresses Irequently are given $2

€o the Marriage. License ‘Bprean deliberately. ‘The Timey in printing. the official Mist assumes mo . vesponaibility for ; sugh addresses.)

Earl Engelking, Jabater, and KS

22, “3, of 19 reboot. ‘Mae 2 aa 7. of

chase: Bat

‘BIRTHS Girls’

he Turner, : wh a ie

va Heaton, Walter, Jaks Louks, Methodist.

Buell, : Ww.

Vi Sy SE St. Fae Sates; udith Wedder, St. Vincent's. + Boys’

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Meeker. ‘Hotel, 2 Tiinots- 120. "4 T. Bakery. 3.8.0 and: Sate

oR F. Chippinger: 3381 Washingten-bivd, H. 8" Morse, 3649. N.. - Pannsylvania-st, gates A Miller, me Bs ‘McQarty-st, ; Conserve Co.. S100 +1088 Congress-av.. ’ $38.

NEB 1. 035. Co Th ,

FF. J.C Brucker, ‘33390 W: to we e eam

OFFICIAL WEATHER |

EY aL ! Sunset Weneweey HL §

CEL uly 30, 1985 | Br i Precipitation 2 hrs. snd

Guy Justus, ‘1226 Shantion-av, Sn,

1738 Church ;

"Greek, 4637 Crest en i

Gen. Wood's Convention: Floor Munger, 1920

= TAXI DRIVER'S ARM TORN OFF

Victim's * Condition. Called Critioal by Methodist Hospital Attaches.

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was reported on the danger list at City Hospital. - Hazelrigg was: sitting on a trunk on the ‘rear: of the truck when the accident: occurréd yesterday afternoon. . George Hani~ shire, 48,. of 1640. grabs was driving. -

Carman Jackson, 2: 29, of 5236 E. St.

Clair-st, - suffered = critical injuries | last night in a head-on automobile | * tollision ‘in the 4700 block on Ni;

Keystone-ay. * He was sent ‘to’ city | . | Hospital. Physicians reported he

had a fractured skull. Jackson, police were informed, attempted to pass another: automobile and was blinded by the lights of an

-spproaching car.

He was said to have lost control

of his‘car. The other vehicle in the

accident was: driven by Jesse Preston, 51, of 2446 Stuart-st, who escaped injury. Riding with Preston was Joe Joseph, 44, of 3739 E. New York-st, who was treated at City Hospital for: head lacerations.

Isaac’ McClain, 40, ¢ 40, of 152 McClain-

‘pl, suffered. lacerations and. bruises

last night - when "he ' was knocked down’ by an automobile at 22d snd Meridian-sts.” He was in a fair condition at‘ City Hospital today. °° The ' automobile was driven by

Frank ‘L. "Buchanan, 54, R. R. 14,

Box 335. He was not held after witnesses. -were : reported to have told police. the traffic signal was in Buchanan’ s favor, -

Driving into a “a raflroad elevation

abutment, -Miss Mildred Duvall, 820

'N. New Jersey-st, and her passenger,

Miss Juanita Quiggle, 22, same ad- -| dress, suffered face lacerations early today. - Both Were treated at City Hospital,

John Perry, 65, of of 1852 Howaid“st, injure

in an. sutomobile.. ‘collision at” West and. 16th-sts last night, ‘was in a. fair condition today at City Hospital. He wis a passenger- with . Theodore Brown, 53, of 1410 'S. Harding-st. The other car was driven ‘by Rufus M. Wharton, Negro, 41, of 371 W. Meeps

Closing the Greatest Shoe Sale Event of the Yeor! LE

riday: and Saturday: OF OUR: JULY. CLEARANCE SALE 5 Offering our. 5 he

LAST DAYS—F

Ladies’, Mens S and { Children’ S Footwear

This ncleiosrall styles ad okie in our enormous - “stocks. ! les: siftable; Jor. Siftyner and fall are oficied. -

ul. S. MAY: PURCHASE

Imports ‘Due to Drought.

By. United Press, . a

WASHINGTON, uly 30 —Secre= tary of : culture Henry A. Wal-

1 lace prepared a .report today: for - | President. Roosevelt - expected to : recommend heavy - ‘importation of | corn if ‘the’ drought continues an- : other: 10 days.

Mr. Wallace ‘revealed his advocacy of corn {importation at a press. conference shortly. after .returning ‘from’ a tour through the drought-stricken Midwest. The next 10 days, ‘he said ‘will be the “crucial

period” for" the torn crop.

REQUESTS. $600,000

FOR SPANS, PASSES|[

County ‘Surveyor yor Asks PWA for Road Work Funds.

"County Surveyor- Herbert ' Bloemker today filed a: request for an $800,000 Public . Works - Administration ‘grant for: the construction of six bridges and three RBderpasses in Marion County. i The original PWA petition “for bridge - construction, filed several years. ago, ‘asked’ for. $800,000 on a grant ‘and loan basis. The ‘government’ was to’ provide 45. per cent, and the counity. was. to: raise 55' per cent by bond issue,” Proposed sites Jor the ‘bridges are at: 8Bth:st and Eagle: Creek, Sher-

| man-dr:and Fall Creek, White River

and Southport-rd, Shadeland -dr

‘and Fall Creek, 86th-st and White River and Indian Creek south of

Sunnyside. ~The proposed underpass sites are at Morris-st, Ben Davis and Acton. Present underpasses at .Ben Davis and Morris-st are traffic hazards, because: of sharp turns, and the Acton site is now a grade crossing, Mr \ Bloemker said. . Present bridges at White River a: Sauter, 4 486+foot covered bridge; 86th-st and White River, a light steel truss, and Indian Creek, an old concrete structure, are disintegrating and ‘must be. JTeplaced, Mr. Jlosmiter said. ’

ACTRESS, DR. THORPE

CORN: FROM ABROAD |

Wallage ‘Expected to ‘Advise Heaxy

Hoover Board Chairman, 1932

SWAP ACCUSATIONS

Give Names, Date Dates in’ Court Battle Over: Child.

(Contimied from. age One)

Norma “Tayior and identifi=d’ het from a photograph.’ Previous witnesses had testified that Dz. Thorpe once called ‘police to h’s home to “restrain’ Miss Taylor. Miss Astor, a neat figure in black and white, listened at. counsel’s table with an ‘abstracted air. Dr. Thorpe ‘sat five feet away, his lips tightening. One other alleged excerpt was included in the new affidavit. ‘It re-

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SEVILLE

“The catch of the season angles into Seville every day,” says George. “You won’t catch me missing one of their Sea-food Dinners.” ‘From 50c . 7. N. MERIDIAN ST.

Soame ofboth the 1932 major party national on ventibng, the Chicago: Stadium, scaling 25,000, was chosen for: the notification: ceremonies tonight of .Col. Frank Knox, inset, as Republican vice presidential

' candidate. : Interior of the mammoth structure, on the + Hoek oli stage of Which ‘were piaeed seats for °

nearly, 700 party notables, is shown here. An old-time rally, with torchlight parades and martial ‘music from several bands, will precede ihe notification ceremony. Senator Frederick Steiwer of Oregon, who is to tell Col. Knox of his selection. as. 5

candidate, is to be introduced by John D: M.: Hamilton, national committee: chairman.

ferred to himself, | he : alleged. It said: | several days.”

Woolley. duestiohed Miss Richardson’ cohcerning little Marilyn's atti- |

tude toward .her father, The child

was timid, afraid of him, she said..

The reasoh was that he “spanked her too-much.”

She said’ that Dr. “Thorpe “spent :

no evenings at home to speak of,” when asked if the father nt much timeiwith* the child. e'. added that after Dr. Thorpe moved out of the: hose. which ‘he and Miss Astor |

“He was bad] broken ‘up for: . y. 1 with the child “almost constantly,”

own jointly, and Miss Astor moved in, she stayed on. "Miss: Astor was

she said.

Thorpe’s attorney, Joseph -Ander-

son, ledge Miss, "Richardson to ackhiowledge that she had told several persons that ‘Dr.:. Thorpe was

1 “a fine father,” that the baby re-

ceived- “excellent - care” under his direction, 'and. that" she liked to work for him. Tt was at*this point

that Judge G. 'S. Knight adjourned

the hearing until tonight. : Miss Richardson testified - after

Dr. “Thorpe was subjected to* ane

other severe examination by Miss

Astor’s attorney and two police officers had told- about the time they were called to Dr. Thorpe’s house to restrain’ Miss Taylor. : -- ° Dr.: Thorpe.’ was asked why, done sidering that he had: signed an:afe fidavit alleging that, Miss Astar.was not a “proper person” to: have: cuse tody of.:a child of “knpressionable age,” he: permitted : Marilyn to remain with her mother, though the probate court gave: him Ta} custody : last .summer. i .

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