Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 10 March 1938 — Page 5

“THURSDAY,

PARLEY SOUGHT ONCITY HOUSING AUTHORITY PLAN

Home Builders’ Group Will Ask Friends and Foes of Proposal to Speak.

’ The Tndianapolis Home Builders’ Associz ion today planned to ask persons both favoring.and opposing establishment of an Indianapolis Housinz Authority to address a

meetin: here. Josep J. Klee asked the association yesterday to hear Councilman _» John Schumacher, Republican, who is on record as opposing large-scale home construction in -co-operation with the Federal Government. Mr, Klee al:o opposes this plan. Clyde E. Pike, association president, ic expected to call a special meeting some time before the next City Council session.

40 Homes to Be Built For Flood Victims.

~ NEW ALBANY, Ind, March 10 (U. PJ). — Families dispossesed by the Ohj- River flood last year soon will havc new houses on a floodproof si‘e. The ew Albany Housing Authority as announced 40 new residences “vill be built. A contract for 20 of th= homes has been awarded to Calvin Brewer on a bid of $60,284. The Gunnison Housing Corp. will construc: the r on a bid of $57,127. Alreac 16 homes have been built in the new subdivision, the majority by the Fed Cross during rehabilitation work. The land was purchased with public contributions. Accorcing to R. Earl Peters, Indiana director of the Federal Housing Authorit, the homes will be rented on a fixed basis to cover operating costs, fixed charges and an annual reserve cgqual to 1 per cent of the amount of the mortgage. Last “an. 13 the Reconstruction Finance Corp. approved the City’s request “or a $30,000 loan and insured mortgage loans involving that amount. on the homes have been approved by Mr. Peters.

BURNS ARE FATAL TC SHOKER IN BED

One-Story Farm Home East Of Arlington Ave. Razed.

Fred IMiller, 19, died today at City Hospital of burns received March 1 when he fell asleep ‘while smoking in his bed at 1229 Lafayette St. The bed ‘caught’ fire, #4@he on aastory. £ home of -Gil‘bert Whitaker at Twelve Road just east of Arlington Ave. was destroyed by fire today. Neighbors saved the furniture. Indianapolis firemen said the blaze was caused by a deicctive flue.

Historic Mount Home Destroved by Fire CRAWFORDSVILLE, March 10.

. «=(U. P.)——rA defective flue was

blamed :oday for the fire which destroyed the historic home of the late James A. Mount, former Gov- | ernor of Indiana, .10 miles northeast of here. The loss was partially insured. Built in 1895 at a cost of $10,000, the residence was one of Montgomery Courity’s most imposing homes. In recent years it had been occupied by Everett Butler, grandson of the former Governor.

Youth Quizzed About

Greencastle Fire GREENCASTLE, March 10 (U. P.).—Authorities today questioned Dominic Corrodo, alias Angelo

Pinto, 24, in conneciion with the Crawford Hotel fire here last Dec. 21, which brought death to one woman and resulted in $20,000 dam-

LEVINE STILL FREE TO IIEGOTIATE ALONE

NEW ROCHELLE, N. Z., March + 10 (UU. P.).—Murray Levine re- | ceived an extension of freedom from police interference today in his attempts to negotiate for the return of his 12-year-old son, Peter, kidnaped for $30,000 ransom. The decision to extend the police hands-off policy was made at a conference of Public Safety Director Philip S. Tilden with City Manager Irving C. Brower, Mayor Harry Scott, Police Chief Frank L. Birmingham and Detective Lieutenant | George Reifenberger. | The conference was called after | several Westchester County officials, thc New Rochelle ParentTeacher Association and scores of | Reslaents had protested the inac-

i All ef orts to pay the ransom have failed.

Powerful ! "COMET

A drive to raise $55,724 foward the million-dollar ministerial pension fund of the United Brethren General Conference has been launched by the White River Conference. The Conference met yesterday at the First U. B. Church here. Dr. J. B. Showers, Dayton, | h editor of the “Religious Telescope,” told the 500 pastors and lay delegates, “Christian business ethics demand care be taken of the preacher when his active life is over.”

“Trade Papers and Their Use” will be discussed by Steve Hilty, Western representative of the magazine, Pdctory Management and Maintenance, tonight at a meeting of the Indiana Association of Industrial Advertisers at Canary Cottage.

Nurses heard the antisyphilis campaign discussed yesterday by Dr. Herman G. Morgan, Indianapolis health commissioner, and Dr. John Eric Dalton of the Indianapolis Antisyphilis Committee. They spoke to the Indiana State Nurses’ Association at: the Indiana Word War Memorial. :

Injured in a fall while at play yesterday, . William Parkerson, 12, School 47 pupil, was at City Hospital today with head injuries. Apparer.lly unhurt after the fall, he became ill last night and was taken to the hospital.

Broad Ripple High School pupils are to honor Miss Geraldine Millikan, American Legion Constitutional Essay Contest winner, at a special assembly tomorrow. Arthur Gemmer, Hayward-Barcus Po s t Americanization director, is to present a medal to Miss Millikan. Ralph E. Klare, Legion -officer, ig to discuss “American Legion and Education.”

Milton Burnett, 65, who suffered a heart attack in County Jail Tuesday, died early today at City Hospital. He was serving a 45-day sentence on a petit larceny charge.

Technical High School Alumni Association entertained 3000 alumni and friends last night in the school auditorium.

George T. Whelden, Indianapolis Real Estate Board president, heads a delegation of 26 local realtors leaving today for Chicago to attend the Great Lakes Conference of the National Association of Real Estate Boards.

Veterans of Foreign Wars, Speedway Post 2389, will present 16 American flags to School: 67 tonight, a flag for each room.

Herold C. Reinecke, Indianapolis head of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, is to speak at Columtus Sunday at a meeting of law enforcement officials of Bartholomew and neighboring counties.

The Exchange Club’s annual grid-

iron dinner is to be held at the Hotel Washington at 6:30 p. m. tomorTow.

Paralyzed Girl Continues Gain.

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In Respirator

KANSAS CITY, Mo., March 10 (U. P.)—Sylva Eugenia Davis con-

- {tinued to show improvement today

from a dangerous spinal operation she underwent in the hope that it would give her the use of her arms and legs, paralyzed at birth. The 20-year-old girl was conscious most of the time and wanted to talk, but her physician at St. Luke’s Hose

well last night. "4 Miss Davis was in a mechani respirator, where-she was places immediately after the 10 Tuesday. She had decided to risk her life in the operation despite the fact she had learned to write, paint and draw without the use of her arms.

FRED HOKE SPEAKER AT CAPITAL PARLEY.

Times Special WASHINGTON, March 10.—Fred Hoke, Indiana Welfare Board president, will be one of the speakers at the National Citizens’ Conference of the Community Mobilization for Human Needs here Saturday. Community Chest and welfare executives from throughout tae country .will attend. Charles P. Tait, Cincinnati, is chairman. Mr. Hoke’s sbbject is “What Can Private Welfare Leaders Do on a Public Welfare Eoard.”

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Fruit growers’ school tonight will | have Monroe McCown, horticulturist, and Glenn Lehker, entomologist, of the Purdue University extension service, as lecturers. The meeting is at_7:15'p. m. at the Marion County Farm Bureau warehouse.

James Franklin Sherman, 402 N. New Jersey St., has enlisted in the U. S. Navy and will leave today for a three-months training course at the Great Lakes Training Station.

Bids on five hydraulic hoist trucks for the County Highway Department were requested today by County Commissioners. Two present county trucks are to be traded in.

William C. Mabee, Indianapolis Water Co. chief engineer, is to take part in discussions on meter specifications at the American Water Works Association 58th annual convention at New Orleans, April 24 to 28.

Toastmasters’ Club Chapter 1 will hear E. O. Snethen discusss “News of the Day” at the Y. M. C. A. at 6 p. m. tonight. Other speakers are to include George Horton, E. D. Hunston, H. A. Phil and Lisle Tinsman.

The auxiliary to Local 120, National Federation of Postoffice Clerks, is to meet at 2 p. m. Sunday at the Indiana World War Memorial.

The Y. M. C. A. World Service Week is to open at 6 p. m. Monday with dinner and address by B. P. Barnhart, national Y. M. C. A. secretary in Korea. He is to return there in a few weeks after completing a year’s furlough.

Old Irish, German and Scandinavian country dances will be in-

“musical mixer,” to be given by the Butler University Y. M. C. A. from 7:30 to 11 p. m. Saturday at the Campus - Club. Richard Dempsey, sophomore, is general chairman. Funds raised by the party will be used to send Y. M. C. A. delegates to the, annual Geneva conference.

Speedway Post, Veterans of Foreign Wars, tonight will present each room of School 67 with an American flag. Ben Green is chairman of the presentation committee.

The Men’s Bible Class of Woodside M. E. Church, Temple St. and Southeastern Ave., today were to ask the Indianapolis Ministerial Association to seek promises of all Indianapolis congregations to vote in the primaries as a matter of civic duty, C. O. Parrish, class President, announced.

Metal Industries, Inc., has begun manufacture of thermic jugs at 908 N. Senate Ave, Myron Green, Chamber of Commerce industrial director, announced today. Organized in November, the company employs about 20 persons. Officers are

‘| Paul C. Cullom, president; Robert

D. Robinson, vice president; E. E. Bolinger, secretary; Robert Ferriday Jr. treasurer, and G. Pearson Smith and J. H. Albershardt, board

| + Jnmes<E. Brickett of: Washisigton, Federal Surplus Comm Corp. distribution officer, is here for a meeting of regional and

sons engaged in the project are attending the sessions at Hotel Antlers. The meetings are held to disSus distribution methods in the A project by supervisors throughout the state.

Policyholders of the Hoosier Farm Bureau Lifé Insurance Co. at their first annual meeting today were told the Social Security Act and ‘current low interest rates on, savings have

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Ftor, said the Social Security Act “has done more than any other one thing to make the American people ‘retirement conscious’.” “And lowered interest rates, » he declared, “make it impossible tor the average man to accumulate. suffi-

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ily upon. a basis of capital and interest, »

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What's Under Your Hat? is to be the topic of an address by Dr. James Whitcomb Brougher, Baptist evangelist, at the Optimist Club meeting tomorrow noon: at the Columbia Club.

An equestrian club is being formed under sponsorship of the Y.M. C. A. with M. J. de Vietien as instructor and C. E. Guthrie, Y program secretary, in charge of enrollment, The club will ‘meet Saturday afternoons and ride at Gregg Farms, north of the city.

DePauw University pledges to Alpha Lambda Delta, freshman women’s scholastic honorary, include Eleanor Clay, 1501 E. Maple , and Carolyn Dixon, 537 S. Cen Court.

Fire and smoke in the kitchen vent pipe at Hotel Lincoln sent chefs and brought firemen from all downtown companies yesterday. The blaze, designed to clean out the vent, had been started by hotel employees under supervision of a deputy state fire marshal. A passerby saw the smoke billowing from the vent’s opening o on the roof apd

MARCH ARCH 21 DATE FOR ] FORUM ON FA FARM ACT ||

Townsend, Schricker to Be 1

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