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Rescue

But Bases Are to Be Set |

By United Press

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TUESDAY, AUG. 17,

ARCTIC STORM DELAYS SEARCH

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES

PAGE 5°

Text of Mayor’s Letter to Council

GAS DIRECTORS

The text of Mayor Kern's letter | restored to other City to the City Council last night follows: Having this day transmitted to | you the proposed budget of the de- | partments of the government of the |'City of Indianapolis, IT feel that it | eral supplies for City departments,

R SIX FLIERS

Panes

manent.

Grounded

supplies item, it may | out that during the depression sev-

to Renew Hunt.

| by reason of a lack of

ANKS, Alaska, Aug. 17.— of their duties. | been a marked increase in all price

thousand dollars | creases asked in this item.

ns-Polar from

flight

area above Point Barrow e 3 Shales . last session of the Indiana General ws {Or | Assembly. While the Legislature merely mandated general minimum | salaries to the members of the two | departments, it is quite obvious that Salary differentials must be established in both departments accord-

vorable conditions conditions de-

pilots

S. These

takeof of in search-

S. Coast Guard Cutter

isfactory repair. Because of the municipal election which will be held in 1938, it has | been necessary to carry forty thou- | sand dollars ($40,000.00) in this | proposed budget for the expenses’ of such election. An increase of fifty-four thousand dollars ($54,000.00) is requested in the budget item for This

| mately one hundred forty thousand | dollars ($140,000.00) in the various | | wage accounts out of which laborers | in the various departments are paid. . Ry ! Li iy | This increase was caused by the jean and Canadis n fliers | Necessity of increasing the hourly wages of laborers employed by the because of general increases in the cost of living, and in order to avoid labor difficulties with our

hland was hav- | 2 her way]

allow,

irvcavy

for tl t Russian plane. |

Moscow | Siberia on |

reports fr city,

station in

om 1SSian

ying weak signals

employees, ment. whose average salary was below that | levies are increased and this fund paid in the police and fire depart-| thereby grows, we can avoid the ments, and whose tenure is not per-| j

Two other considerable items of | increase occur in the items for gen- |

| is appropriate for me to communi- and items for equipment. With re[cate with you more In detail con- | | gard to the increase in the general | be pointed |

Of this amount three | levels, which is reflected in the in- | With |

it is gener- |

| for 1937 of too great a sum from | the balances in such item.

| the lost plane's radio wave length ov n ¥i Ls . | buildings and structures. : There had been no Jefinite word, | SmPlovees. In line with this item, | js largely due to the necessity of however, since > hot urs after they it is generally recognized that dur- constructing three new fire sta3 ! . * 3 i crossed the Noi Pole Friday | ing the period of the depression, tions, in order to keep our fire morning, when Levanevsky report | | laborers in the low wage brackets | department up to its present ed that one of the four motors had cmploved by ‘City ‘departments standard of efficiency, which is stalled and ne was flving blindly ny An . Y iis pane favorably known throughout the iad 3 a: DN * | were paid wages falling far bethrough heavy clouds. [ low any decent standards country. Fairbanks is 1400 m rom the Ther has b be Bouse An item of fifty thousand dollars | pole, but as soon as the new bases IORI OL eh open lio ($50,000.00) has been included in | ne 3 he SREnA PF rr Prod ately sinty-twe S¢ are d. the scene of cpera- | DITRAATCS CIMY to So the proposed budget for track ele- | Sons wi hilt hundreds of miles the Citv Which is , bv o | VAtion, and I cannot stress too archer north 4 Thy S CA 3 { A LL | restoration to such employees of | much the importance to the entire

DE ALS S TOTAL

pay cuts imposed upon their salaries | City of a levy for this purpose. It |

$35,150 | during the depression. In view of | iS, in my opinion, imperative that Real estate deals totaling $35,150 [the increases mandated by the Legis- | this fund be kept up by annual d uring the last week were reported | lature to the policemen and fire-| levies, so that within a few years by the North Side Realtors in the | men, whose tenure of office is for| work can again be carried forward | Hotel Washington yesterday. I life, it is only just that pay cuts be|on this important civic improve-

| in the Sanitation Bond Fund item | PY

To the extent that annual

issuance of bonds and thereby save considerably on interest charges. Among other increases requested | in the proposed budget are the following: A contingency fund item of five thousand dollars ($5000.00) | is requested because of the laws | passed by the last Legislature | which will prevent next year the

To City in Lieu of Taxes Possible.

Citizens Gas

| rectors today were to

granting of additional requests | from city departments, and

which also forbid transfers from | nicipally -owned utility

Indianapolis would be helpless in case an emergency arose which called for the expenditure of any moneys which was not | foreseen and provided for in this

[ serve since its Pun by the City

them to

| item has been increased by two |

thousand eight hundred dollars |

possible further rate reductions.

have been advised that the interest | payers. The $50,000 “contribution” rate next year will probably be | higher than it has been in the past. | | duction for the Civil City.

An increase has been requested |

City Controller

of thirteen thousand ($13,000.00), which is necessary this year on account of the util- | ization in making up the budget |

[that he “understood the utility | “premature.” { The utility is not required by law to pay city taxes, but payment in | lieu of the tax “may” be made. | The Board's final decision was ex-

| pected to depend to a large extent

There has been an increase in the Board of Health Contingency Fund of twelve thousand five hundred dollars ($12,500.00) in order to co-operate in the very | —— - ic——— worthy fight started by the Fed- FOR DIAMOND

eral and State Governments di- ‘ rected toward the eradication of syphilis. 3 Respectfully, . KERN, JO Ww “Mayor. Formerly CROWN JEWELRY CO, 8) AIR TRADE PARLEY SET ein | SCHOOL SUPPLIES George S. Olive, Indianapolis | Supply the children economically at Chamber of Commerce president, is |} murphy's. to leave by plane tomorrow night to attend the first national aerial re-| G. C. MURPHY CO. ciprocal trade conference in San Corner Market and Tlinois Francisco, Cal. |

TROON ol

th he Cll; of TOMORROW —

“By 1960 express traffic will speed along at 50 miles an hour over Main Streets,” predicts Norman Bel Geddes, authority on future trends. “No stoplights. .. no | intersections to delay you.

“Local traffic will travel on one-way Local Streets made wider by the elevation of sidewalks and elimination of parked cars. Parking and truck loading will be inside buildings.

“Pedestrians will use elevated sidewalks + + + shopping at the second-story level, crossing streets on bridges...”

but TODAY,

miles in 5 are Stop and Go

TOP for a streetcar. ..stop for a traffic light . . . 30 stops a day is the nation-wide average. And one stop can waste enough gasoline to drive you a third of a mile!

While traffic authorities are planning “the City of Tomorrow,” Shell engineers have developed a fuel, Super-Shell, to meet today’s driving problem TODAY.

They have found a way to rearrange the chemical structure of gas. oline, actually to balance it.

Automotive engineers use the term “motor-digestible” to describe Super-Shell because at all motor speeds it is converted so QUICKLY, so COMPLETELY into power.

The regular use of Super-Shell will reduce your driving costs, There’s a Shell dealer near you.

STUDY PAYMENT

‘Matter of Giving $50,000 |

& Coke Utility di-| consider

making a $50,000 payment to the of the deficit, if made this year.

| City in lieu of taxes, it was learned. Board members said that despite | recent announcements that the mu- | had denied

one item to another. Unless a |its obligation, the directors sa contingency fund is set wup of | were considering the matter, considerable size, the City of They said that while the utility |

district had accumulated a cash re= |

use extreme care before | [SOnimeg the utility to the pay- |

[ ment. budget. oni members balanced the es- | The temporary loan interest gimated $50.000 payment against

One member said he felt the first ($2800.00), due to the fact that we | | obligation to Be to Indianapolis tax |

| would mean a l-cent tax rate re- | Directors said a recent statement | Walter C. dollars | Boetcher, Who was quoted as saying

| would not make the payment,” was

| upon the outcome of litigation over | | the validity of the $7,000,000 Indi

| william BE. Morris, president of the {Union County National Bank here, LIBERTY, Ind, Aug. 17.—Funerai who died at his home last night. He services will be held Wednesday for (was 71.

NO REGETS . . . If you ACT NOW!

LATER YOU'LL BE THANKJF Nk aU READ THIS ADVFERTISEMEN TODAY {is the best time to find out about the Soe condition of vour teeth. Don't put it off on do s0 may cause serious impairment of your health and a lifetime of regrets!

| anapolis Gas Co. lease, now pending | LYBERTY BANKER DEAD in the Federal Court. " { By United Press | Possibility of receiving the Gas| | Co. payment was pointed out by| City Council last year when it duced the Civil City working bal ance. At that time most City of- | ficials considered the receipt as-| sured. The budget for 1937 anti | cipated the payment, » An announcement by Mr. Boetch- | + yesterday indicated that the City | fund faced a deficit of|

| general

| more than $50,000 unless Sepa Oftee HME wilde 3 TM. | ments trimmed expenditures during the remainder of this year. The T HK i p i 0 p L E ’ S DENTISTS utility payment would erase = EL 36'¢ 'W. Washington St,

Monday te Friday, Inclusive, 9:30 to 5.

Saturday 9:30 A. M. to 9 P. M.

ET EE rE

MAKE WAY FOR AUTUMN

SUMMER MIRCHANDISE MUST GO AT (CLEARANCE PRICES

OUT THEY GO

Regular $2.99

LINEN

SH -

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2-piece

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lace street dress- ® Prints

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to 20. Plain Colors

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W omen’ 8 Embroidered

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green, navy, brown and { 208 «10, Fine quality broad- Sizes 2-1 cloth in white, blue, tan, grey and pat. terns. Non wilt or regular collars. All pre-shrunk in all colors,

Boys’ Regular 59¢

WASH SUITS

Sleeveless and sleeve suits,

Sizes 3 to 8.

$1 29 Broadclcth —

standard cut in

Fast color, patterns.

solid colors. or Sizes A, B, C, D.

{5¢ Reinforced HOSE

Men's Sanforized

Wash Panis

elastic side shorts Shirts, sizes 34-48,

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