Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 14 January 1937 — Page 3
THURSDAY, JAN. 14, 1037
HIGH WATERS MAROON MANY IN HOMES HERE
Families Are Rescued by Police in Boats; White River Rising.
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the boat ready to rescue it, and swam to safety. . The Smiths were taken to the ‘home of a son.
City employees closed flood gates on ; storm sewers along White River |i
levees. This was done, it was explained, so that river water, nearing the sewer opening levels, would not back up into the sewers and flood lowlands. Street employees laborad to save -a bridge across Bean Creek on Maderia St. between Orange St. and Terrace Ave. They piled concrete around it in an effort to steady it.
Awakes Flood-Bound
When Mr. and Mrs. Walter Lilly, Mrs. Lilly’s 16-year-old son, Arthur Gibson, and Mr. Lilly's father, Silas Lilly, went to bed at 10 last night in their home at 2221 Thornberry St., Happy Hollow, the water of Big Eagle Creek was nou near their home. Walter Lilly awakened at 5 a. m. and found they were flood-bound. He awakened other members of the family, siezed a flashlight and ‘awaited the arrival of fellow WPA workers who usually take him to work. They could get no closer to his home than 100 feet because of the water, and he attracted their attention with flashlight signals. He called to them that he needed help and they told police. Family Is Removed
Police, under Sergt. Fred Hague, took a boat there and rowed through approximately three feet of water to the doorstep. They carried Silas _ Lilly, an invalid, to the boat, rowed him to the police car and took him to the home of another of his sons, Clifford Lilly, 749 S. Belle Vieu Place..They returned and removed Mr. and Mrs. Lilly and young Gibson. Two . radios, two bundles of bedclotfing and two suitcases containing personal effects also were removed. After police left, Walter Lilly sought ‘another boat to go back to rescue more personal effects, chickens and rabbits penned near the house, and the Lilly marriage license, which was tacked to the wall and which Mrs. Lilly especially wanted saved. Creek Raging Torrent They said that the water around . ‘their home had risen 24 inches from 5 a. m. to approximately 8:30 a. m. On the south side of the home, the creek was running a swift current. On the north side an abandoned gravel pit was seeping full. Meanwhile another police squad under Sergt. Claude Kinder had rescued two families in the 1100 block on Holliday St. Basements of the homes were filled to the first floor with water which backed up from Bean Creek." Mrs. Margaret Matthews, eight children and one grandchild were taken from 1147 Holliday St., to the home of a friend at 995 Albany St. Mrs. Rose Mobley was taken from 1145 Holliday St. to 2616 Broadway, the home of a relative. The basement at 1143 Holliday St. also was filled, police reported. Albert Ralph, 71, who lives ‘alone in a small house one block north of 30th St. in the 3200 block of Ralstron Ave., awakened to find water edging over a levee around his home he had built as a precaution against high water. Barricades were placed on Keystone Ave. at 36th when pools of water, which sewers failed to carry
At ‘the left above is shown the water-surrounded home of Mr. and Mrs. Samuel H. Smith, Mars Hill, Third Ave., West, from which they
were removed today by boat by deputy sheriffs.
AGED RESIDENT KILLED BY AUTO
Fred Kuenzler Third Fatality - 0f 1937; Rain Blamed For Accidents.
MARION COUNTY TRAFFIC DEATH TOLL
TRAFFIC ACCIDENTS January 14
Accidents Injured
TRAFFIC ARRESTS January 13 Speeding Drunken driving .......cc.000 Running red light ........... Reckless driving .. No left tum Improper parking
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Heavy rain which made streets slippery and reduced visibility was blamed for several accidents early today and last night, resulting in Marion Coynty’s third trafic fatality of the year. Fred Kuenzler, 75, of 1417 Kennington Ave., was .injured fatally when struck by an automobile driven by Harry C. Shon, 59, of 630 Terrace Ave. in the 200 block on Terrace Ave. Mr. Shon told police that he was unable to see Mr. Kuenzler crossing the street. There were no other witnesses, authorities said. Police said Kuenzler was dragged by the front axle of the car and the front wheels stopped upon him. Lifting the automobile from the man’s body, police carried him to a nearby porch but he was dead when an ambulance arrived.
ELMER F. SCHAD, 43, DIES AT METHODIST
Elmer F. Schad, 1421 E. Vermont St., Stafford Engraving Co. treasurer, died this morning at Methodist Hospital. He was 43. Mr, Schad was taken to the hospital last Friday. His wife, Mrs. Ita
away, covered sections of the street,
M. Schad, survives.
IN INDIANAPOLIS
MEETINGS TODAY
Dwight L. Moody Centenary Celebration, meetings, Christ Episcopal Church, noon; First Baptist Church, night. Indiana Lumber and Builders’ Subply Association, Claypool Hotel, du,
all da 1 Indiana Demoerati® no on aypool Hofe , Fublic Heal S Nupeing a Association, luncheon, Claypool Hotel, no Tndianapolis Real Estate Joana, luncheon, Hotel Washington, no Aqvertising Clas of indianapolis. luncholumbia Club, noo OTs Chi, luncheon, "Board of Trade,
Bo Mmerican Business Club, luncheon, Co-
lumbia_Club, go Acacia, lun Soon ‘ Board of Trade, noon. Sigma Nu, uncheon, Hotel Washington,
~ Caravan Club, luncheon, Murat Temple,
Motor Traffic Antlers Hotel. noo United States Department ot luncneon, Board of Trad
convention, Yomen's
Bo ilana Association, luncheon, Unity Club, Agriculture, noon.
MEETINGS TOMORROW
Indiana Gas luncheon,
1, Cigypool Hotel! noon Federation 3 Clubs,
tings, Claypool Hotel, tate Assoc on of County. dinner, Claypool Hotel Exchange Club, luncheon, in Jon, noon.
Association,
‘Prosecutors,
Hotel WashEta Gamma,
Hotel im t NE Club, luncheon, Columbia Club,
dinner,
: Re Reserve Officers Association, luncheon, Bots MELE Re luncheon, Board of Tr a "ru Delta, luncheon, Columbia : ae ‘Stamp Glub, meeting, Ypose. Nets Bi, luncheon, Board of Trade, noon.
Moose
MARRIAGE LICENSES (These lists are from official records _at the County Courthouse. The Times is not responsible for any errors of names or addresses.)
: Louis McFaden, 23, of 1424 E. Market St.: Marie Hagan, 21, of 540 Eastern Ave. Robert Ramsey, f 1319 Massachusetts Ave.: Sara sachusetts’ Ave nald E. 22, Bridgeport, Ind.; Cove Poland, 31, of 2245 Jackson St. Bernard P. Wilson, 23, of 1510 S. Falboul Ave.: Rosemary Herman, 21, of 14 Union St. :
BIRTHS
Girls
Dewey, Vivian Shoemaker, at Methodist. Robert, Lillian Bartlett, at Slethodist, - Porter, Mattie Rutland, at City. Burnos, Aletha Lawson, at City. Arnold, Mildred Zander, gk City. Curtis, Ruth Pryo, at Charles, Dorotha Keough, ity. 1518 Ewing. Ralph, Elizabeth Boggs, at 4042 Boulevar. ce Thomas, Myrtle Fitzgibbons, at 1409 N. Delaware.
Boys Charles, Helen Babcock, at Methodist. Ralph, Edith Kirkbride, at Methodist. ter, Margaret Moenning, at Metho-
ist. ~ Virgil, Sarah Jackson, at Methodist, : le ag Lois Turner, at Cit ty. Frances Hazelwood, at City. 5 Charles, Pauline Pullum, at Cit ty. Harold, Marjorie Bell, at City. . Nathan, Rachel Winchester, at City. Melvin, Lucy Martin, at 3301 N. Capitol James, Hallie Childers, at 535 Vin * Earl, Zelma Akers, at 135 S. Sheridan. William, Gertrude Sowers, at 1728 Mil-
v0 Paul, 22, of 1319 Mas- | west
16 | possibly
Martha Corder, WI at Riley, Searles fever.
ers, 72, at West, Jobat neumon : am Motley, 57, at 826 HB. Ly myocarditis. ‘Infant ummer, 9 hours,
15th, at Coleman,
son, apop plexy. Lindl ey Hussey, 86, at Methodist, pyelone Ti LL Riley, 41, at City, cerebral hefot7ha e.
inta Wilson, 60, at 2923 Winthro.” e docarditis. An ilberry, 57, at 1044 S. Roena, PR LA Frank Norkus, 85, at 810 N. Pine, angina pectoris. Jo! he oY: Patterson, 76,. at 147 W. 8th, pneu a ‘Hughes, 63, at City, lobar pneumonia Frank B. Babb, 79, at 3925 Kenwood, carcinoma Margaret Roberts, 72, at City, broncho-
pneumonia Margaret Elizabeth Casey, 11, at 1919 Highland Place, influenz Prestella Brewer, 21, oe 2619 W. Oxford, pulmonary tuberculosis. £
OFFICIAL WEATHER
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INDIANAPOLIS FORECAST — Unsettled tonight and tomorrow; rain probable, changing to snow; colder tonight.
Sunrise ........ 7:05 | Sunset ........ 4:43
TEMPERATURE —Jan. 14, 1936— lpm
BAROMETER 29. 84 1pm
Precipitation 24 hrs. ending 7 a. m.. Total precipitation sinte aJn. 1 Excess since Jan. 1
MIDWEST WEATHER
Indiana—Unsettled, Probably rain south portion tonight and tomorrow and snow north portion tomorrow; colder tonight and extreme northeast tomorrow. Illinois—Mostly cloudy, probably rain south portion tonight and tomorrow and snow north portion tomorrow; somewhat colder tonight, rising tempera‘ure northand west-central portions tomorrow. Lower Michigan—Mostl cloudy, snow flurries extreme west and extreme north; much colder tonight; tomorrow unsettled, snow extreme west, somewhat colder extreme southeast. Ohio—Rain tonight changing to snow late tonight or tomorrow morning; decidedly colder tonight and tomorrow. Kentucky—Rain, tonight changin, to light snow. in west portion late tonight or tomorrow morning and in east portion toMorrow; decidedly colder onight and tomorrow.
WEATHER IN OTHER CITIES AT 7 A. M.
Station. Weather, Bar. Temp. Amarillo. Tex. po Clear 29.70 34
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Cincinnati Gleveiand, Dodge. City. Kas. .. Helena, Mont. Sue Jacksonville, Fla. Kansas City, Mo. Little Rock, Ark. Los Angel Miami, Fla. Minneapol Mobile, Ala. New Orleans
Pittsburgh .... . Sen Ants Ore, ™ vs Sah Ft n onlo. ex. .
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Their coal was under
COURT THROWS OUT
A test case by the Indianapolis Bar Association, which sought to ban law practice by banks and trust companies, was thrown out of the Indiana Supreme Court yesterday. The Court said the association had no right to file such an action. The Court said in its opinion that the bar association cannot bring a criminal contempt action, and that the pleadings attempted to charge criminal contempt. Contempt ac-
| tions must be filed by the State and
prosecuted by the State, the Court ruled. The high Court also affirmed the conviction of Bishop Rice, Evansville, who is serving a life sentence imposed in Posey County in connection with the slaying of his wife.
TOWNSEND TO ISSUE STRIKE STATEMENT
Governor Would Alleviate Tension in State.
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ly under way, Governor Townsend said, “The news is very gratifying.” He said he told the Citizens League for Employment Security, an Anderson organization, that he definitely was opposed to using the National Guard except a3 a last resort to quell violence.
“The National Guard should not be used as an aid to either side, but only as a last resort after local authorities have exhausted every
STRAUSS CHARGE ACCOUNT SERVICES—Especially active are the 30DAY ‘CHARGE ACCOUNTS .. and the JUNIOR CHARGE ACCOUNTS a r-
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water, their fire out, and their house cold when help arrived. At the right is a flood scene at 30th St. and Ralston Ave. One man waded through waist-deep water from his home.
means of coping. with the situation,” Governor Townsend said.
Labor, Governor Confer
Labor leaders, headed by Hugh Thompson, U. A. W. A. organizer, have asked the Governor to use his influence to insure peace.
Representatives of 1500 unorganized employees of the Muncie Chevrolet plant, thrown out of work by the spreading paralysis of General Motors shops, asked the Governor to settle the strike. Mr. Heller said that General Motors canceled a lease with the State for an exhibit at the State Fair Grounds in March. The rental would have been $1000, he added. The Governor said that if his Ad-ministration-sponsored Labor Department Bill was in effect, the “proper machinery and power” to
mediate the dispute would be pro-:
vided. The State Federation of Labor is anxious to be of assistance and is watching carefully all develcpments, Carl Mullen, president, said.
Workers Group Loyal
The Muncie delegation, headed by O. J. Clevenger, said it felt itself between the crossfire of - strikers and company officials. “We are loyal to General Motors, and we want to return to work,” Mr. Clevenger said. = Lack of material forced the shutdown of the Muncie plant and workers have been idle since Thursday, according to Clevenger.
TWO HOOSIERS KILLED
By United Press AUBURN, N. Y. Jah. 14—Two Indiana men were killed when their truck, with a trailer attached, left the road near Weedsport and crashed into a tree. The victims were Robert Troxel, 21, and William H. Shelby, 39, both of Indianapolis.
Deep Fleece Coats for Blizzard Weather.
URGES CHANGES IN SMOKE LAW
Abatement League Wants Rigid Enforcement to Curb Violations.
Revisions in the City antismoke ordinance and introduction of a model State antismoke law were to be urged at a meeting of the Indianapolis Smoke Abatement League this afternoon in the Hotel Washington, Roy Johnson, league executive secretary, announced. Widening of law enforcement provisions in the City ordinance to include household violators and a uniform gauge of violations by standard devices are among ordinance changes proposed, Mr. Johnson said. Plans for the smoke abatment school, to open Feb. 26, are to be discussed today and a program for using 10 smoke inspectors, provided a WPA project is approved, is to be developed, the league secretary said. A model law, adopted a few years ago in Massachusetts, provides for a smoke commissioner and six inspectors, Mr. Johnson said. He said a similar law is being considered. Complaints received from other cities in Indiana would be investigated by inspectors and violations stopped by commissioner’s orders, he explained.
SLEEP POTION DEATH CAUSE
A toxicologist’s report to the coroner’s office today said the death of Miss Mabel Gentry in her hotel room Jan. 7 was caused by an overdose of a sleep producing compound.
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TSTATEBLL ON
UNFAIR TRADE IS INT/I0DUGED
Opposition Gr wing on Plan Extending M:rit System, Is Report.
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was seen in a Hou ie measure which
would require reg stration only in cities of 45,000 or nore. Rep. William J. 3lack (D. Anderson), the author, aid this amendment would permif registration only in Marion, Lake, V inderburgh, Vigo, Allen and St. Jost ph Counties. The League of Women Voters’ new proposed cons itutional amendment was resol ed by Senators dr cks (D. Indianfe P Beardsley
A bill further duties of County C. or 5 b requiring rigid registration tf , deaths; contagious disease: and marriages was introduced by | enator Lawrence 'E. Carlson (R. Ht atington).
Would Ab: lish Job
Senator Edward J. Hays (D. Marjon) presented a ill which would oust the Grant Cot nty highway superintendent, Ever tt McVicker, by abolishing the offic i. The Judicial C€ puncil-sponsored bill to halt a wav: of habeas corpus actions attack ng authority of jury commissioner: was presented by Senator Walter R. Arnold (D. South Bend). A bill setting the | alaries of County Welfare Board members at $3 a day and providir g 5-cent a mile traveling expenses 17as presented by Senator Jesse E. Wade (D. Mt. Vernon). With Governor ’‘ownsend’s program at least pa tially revealed, in his address ‘esterday, lawmakers recalled hat he urged retention of the pi2sent basic tax and governmental s ructures. The Governor :iid that daily conferences, one ::heduled for 4 p. m. today, wouli be held with leaders of both Hoi ses. The meetings are to be held in his office, he said.
increasing the
Ready For. ti > Hopper
Provisions of “fi eworks” menasures ready for introduction soon are: 1. Revision of prisent tax laws to put revenue-earr ing tax-exempt properties of educa ional, fraternal and religious grou s on the tax rolls. 2. Transfer contro’ of county poor farms from county commissioners to county welfare bards. 3. Take appointm¢ at of highway supervisors and juvi hile court officers out of the ha ids of county commissioners. Tht former would fbe appointed by .ciunty surveyors and the latter by w:lfare boards.
horse races. 5. Amend the hively-Spencer ct to enable muni ipalities to es-
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4. Allow pari-mut lel betting on.
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tablish utilities under control of the Public Service Commission in competition wth existing private companies. 6. Prohibit employers from influencing - employees’ political affiliations. 7. License real estate dealers and impose qualifications on them. Strong county officials’ lobbies, which now are opposing the “eugenics” bill introduced in the House Tuesday, were expected to fight the measures which would clip patronage powers of county commissioners. Observers believe Governor Townsend “sidestepped” merit system extension in his message yesterday, and they predicted it would not pass. The measure is being sponsored by the Indiana League of Women Voters.
Other Measures Offered
Other major House measures introduced today contain the following provisions: 1. Licensing of collection agencies. 2. Change in the School Textbook Law to prevent more than one schoolbook change in each grade yearly and not more than a 20 per cent change in high schools.
3. Eliminate the emergency clause from the $1.50 Tax Law. - 4, Rotation of names on ballots where two or more candidates are running. 5. A $10 daily wage for County Tax Board of Adjustment members. 6. Bonds for auction barn sales. 7. Requiring examinations for journeymen barbers from out-of-state, regardless of the length of time worked, and permitting increase of the deputy Barber Board inspectors from four to eight. 8. Relieving cities from the publication of city ordinances in newspapers where the ordinances are printed in pamphlet form.
Eugenics Bill Provisions
The Eugenics Bill provides for physical examinations of couples planning to marry, and the posting of banns for five days before licenses are issued. Physicians, under its terms, would examine prospective brides and bridegrooms and certify their reports 15 days before marriage licenses are sought.
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REPORT DENIES
EXPENSES CUT BY FOR'S PLAN
Brookings Institute Survey Runs Counter to Wishes Of President.
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deal with banking and credit supers visory agencies. Official Washington is recovering from the shock of hearing of Roosevelt's far-reaching progra The plan lacks the unquestioned political and popular appeal of prospective economy and attack in that sector is assured. There are subsurface indications that some of Mr. Roosevelt's top= flight leaders are against his plan for two additional government departments. Congress may create a new Department of Social Welfare. But proposal for a Department of Public Works, to include certain more or less emergency relief operations will be under hot fire. Considerable opposition developed to stripping the general accounting office of authority to forbid unlawful public expenditures and to sub= stitute for it authority merely to note an objection to such expenditures and, annually, to report them to Congress. : Mr. Roosevelt's request for six White House assistants will have least opposition because of the tradition that Congress is bound to give the President any office help he needs. But, there will be a sharp fight before Con s author izes Mr. Roosevelt to absorb all the independent agencies ie regular departments. Congress always has been jealous
‘of the rights of the independent .-
agencies as opposed to recent Re= publican Administration efforts to influence them.
Some Progress Made
The reorganization plan is make ing some progress. House Democratic leaders agreed yesterday on a joint Congressional committee, seven members from House and Senate, to. consider the program. The House will consider the joint
committee proposal today and, if .... »
passed, it will go to the Senate."
First organized opposition to the Presidential plan will develop today around the question of reorganization ‘economy. Senator, Harry Byrd (D. Va.), an anti-New Deal Democrat, has summoned his Senate reorganization committee to meet today. It will consider a Brookings Institution report on Federal changes. The Brookings report, it is said, differs from Mr. Roosevelt's plan by proposing drastic liquidation of emergency agencies of government. The Roosevelt plan, submitted to Congress this week, proposed that all independént emergency agencies of Government be assigned to ‘the regular departments. It proposed no liquidation of emergency agencies, Neither did it foreclose liquidation.
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