Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 February 1937 — Page 13

THURSDAY, FEB. 25, 1937

DROUGHT, DUST STORMS CREATE SOCIAL PROBLEM

Three States Besieged by Families Driven From Former Homes.

By DANIEL M. KIDNEY Times Staff Writer WASHINGTON, Feb. vear’s drought and this year’s dust- | storms are creating mew social problems in Idaho, Washington, according to a report |

{ 25.—Last |

Oregon and |

from Walter A. Duffy, Resettlement |

Administration director for that | region. The report discloses that 9200

farm families have fled from the | drought and dust areas into i

three states. Those who have some funds have in many cases fallen for farm sales schemes and wound up broke | on ‘‘stump ranches.” Those with- | out money are willing to work for | almost anything, and as a result

have depressed wages for farm | Supreme

labor as much as 50 per cent. They | work largely in the orchards, beet and hop fields. “The 9200 families may be rough- | ly divided into* 50 per cent which are destitute; 25 per cent who have | a little money, and another 25 per |

Something New in Store Jor Shoppers.

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MAYOR BANGS’ ALY ALSO TO BE JAILED

Court Upholds Contempt Citation.

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By United Press | HUNTINGTON, Feb. 25—A cell | near one occupied by Mayor Clare | |

cent who have funds enough to re- w. H. Bangs in Huntington County

establish themselves or tives who can provide,” reported.

Labor Scale Depressed

“Those without money take jobs | for whatever is offered and the result has been that the farm wage scale for labor has fallen from $40 | monthly to around $20.” Those with a little money read! glowing advertisements of farms for sale, usually in tracts owned by railroads or lumber companies, and they sink their savings into these places, the report asserted. “The difficulty,” Mr. Duffy said, “is that these lands are full of |

stumps which must be cleared be- |

fore farming operation can begin, and no settler with small funds can clear land at a cost of as much as $200 an acre. Only the Government can undertake such an operation and then would have to do it with the idea of taking a loss to bring these lands into cultivation. “The climate is fine for farming and the soil is good. but you just can't get started on a stump ranch like many of these poor peopie have tried and are trying to do.” RA has established information stations on key roads, and there it instructs those seacching for new land to consult the county agent before buying. Washington State has welcomed the newcomers and tried to rehabilitate them, the survey showed. But | Oregon tells them co go back where they came from. Idaho has a policy about halfway between these two viewpoints, it was found.

| Since a year’s residence is re-

have rela- | gai was prepared today to receive | Mr. Dufly | ames B. Vernon, ally of the Mayor |

in his utility fight. Mr. Vernon, City Works Board | | member, faced jail because the State Supreme Court late yesterday | unanimously upheld a Circuit Court |

lecontempt citation against him.

quired before anyone can get a local |

WPA job, the migrants are at the | mercy of the labor exploiter and

the land sharks, it was reported.

The high Court refused to grant him a writ of prohibition against | the Circuit Court and Special Judge | Huber M. Devoss for injunction granted the Northern In- | diana Power Co. to prevent Mayor Bangs from selling to private con | sumers the power generated at the [City's toy electric plant. Mr. Vernon now may be committed to jail by the Circuit Court. | He was declared guilty of con- | tempt last July 3. He resigned July 6, when Mayor Bangs went to jail | rather than disconnect about 600 customers of the City utility, but | accepted reappointment a week later.

ROTARY CLUB TO FETE LADIES NEXT TUESDAY

Ladies’ Day is to be observed by the Rotary Club at its noon meeting | Tuesday in the Claypool Hotel. Cor- | nelia Stratton Parker is to speak | on “Life Begins at 6 A. M."” An inspection tour through the | Real 8ilk Hosiery Mills has been Dishned for the afternoon.

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Clarence Saunders, upper right, who has made and lost two for- | tunes in retail grocery business, believes he has the key to a third in his new “kee-doczle” store in Memphis, Tenn. The new idea permits customers to “unlock” goods they want with a long key, as illustrated by woman in upper left photo. Then, at the front of the store a clerk, as shown at right, inserts the customer's key in a master keyhole and the purchases are delivered to the desk by belt conveyor, emerging from Ruare hole at tne clerk's right.

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Financial Statement - - « « December 31, 1936

ASSETS

Ted STATES GOVEPRIIBIT TOMES «ovo vs RWW $ Municipal Bonds (No bonds in default for principal; only $260 interest past due)

First Mortgage Loans on City Property

First Mortgage Loans on Farm PROPOETY .. ovis Unppraived value GROMAL TUBES ..cocovi vinnie RR WRN EPOTHEN JUOBERS \... omnis iV IW

Preferred Stocks (authorized by law)

Real Estate |

City Properties... City Properties Sold on Contract Farm Properties... Farm Properties Sold on Contract... “ Home Office Building and Properties... " Cash on Deposit in Miscellaneous Banks... — .

Net Uncollected and Deferred Premiums

Accrued Interest on IRVESTMERLS ........ ccc

ARREARS BARRERA RRR RRRERRRR RR R RR

EEA RRR EE ER a EERE RAR A area Nerane

48,732,449.63 6,568,816.34 64,193,632.86 1,060,299.36 3,346,494.37 8,041,122.81 184,963.50 12,070,503.41 1,463,000.71 1,119,525.90 74,136.77 1,168,500.00 1,884,542.56 1,918,326.168 1,701,106.80

( AN loans limited) 1 by law to 50% of

Total RAMEE ABBE... RY boii wh $18, 527,471.18 LIABILITIES

Reserve for Protection of Policyholders Premiums and Interest Paid in Advance

Reserve for Taxes and Incurred Unpresented Items

Capital

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$127,903,362.29 551,081.33 2,797,995.01 10,000,000.00 12,275,032.55

Total Liabilities ERI IRN won $153,527,471.18

INCREAS TOTAL |

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

PAGE 13

DRIVER LICENSE 'LAWDECREASES ‘TRAFFIC DEATHS

Massachuselis Tess All

Vehicle Operators For Ability.

By FRANK A. GOODWIN

Registrar of Motor Vehicles, The Commonwealth of Massachusetts

| The Massachusetts drivers’ license |

| markable improvement was not due | | entirely to examinations, but in my

| without a license law. For instance,

this year Massachusetts suspended or revoked ©486 licenses from | drunken drivers and altogether, for | all reasons, took 52,705 persons off | the roads for varying periods. To fine a driver $5 or more is much less effective than to take away his | license to drive. - | As a motor vehicle administrator, I have concluded that effective and lasting solution of the traffic accident problem must come through | strict and impartial enforcement of the law, and I don’t see how that

can be done without a drivers’ Ii | cense law,

RETAIL CLOTHIERS TO HAVE EXHIBIT,

More than 100 exhibits by clothing |

manufacturers are to be shown dur- | ing the Indiana Retail Clothiers and | Furnishers, Inc., and Men's Apparel | Club of Indiana semiannual con=- | vention Sunday to Tuesday in the | Claypool Hotel. Harry P. Fletcher, Ft. — Indiana Retail Clothiers and Fur- | nishers president, and Sam J. Freeman, I. Strauss & Co. vice president, are to be among the speakers at a luncheon Monday.

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Mr. Goodwin

In 1920 an amendment to the law | provided that every person applying | a driver's license must take a |

| for | road test and demonstrate his driv- | ing ability. Immediately, traffic acExh fatalities dropped. Tis re-

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