Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 March 1938 — Page 1
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ACTIONBALKED + ON-FIREHOUSE, AIRPORT LEASE
Mayor Delays In Introduction - To Council of $70,000 Bond Issue.
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WPA Labor for Station Is Frotested as Unfair Trade Practice.
Protests against leasing Municipal Airpor: land for "a Bureau of Air Commerce experimental station, and construction of a City fire station with W2A labor, delayed action on both projects foday. Mayor Boetcher announced he had requested delay in introducing to City Council an ordinance authorizing a $70,000 bond issue to pay the City’s share of the $800,000 Federal aviation center. His znnouncement followed charges by Louis Schwitzer, president of Schwitzer-Cummins Co. that leasing land for other than development of Municipal Airport violated provisions of the original air- © port ordinance. Unfair Practice Charged
Appearing before the : Safety
"Board today, Carl Vestal, Indian-
apolis Building Trades Council, charged ‘hat proposed construction of Engine House 1, White River Parkwey and W. Michigan St., with WPA labor, was soliciting projects in’ unfai- competition to private puilding contractors. He also neaded a delegation of the Trades Council which appeared before Mayor Boetcher. Mr, Vestal charged that WPA had overstepped its limitations and that the work on the engine house should be given ‘o a private contractor, giving emplo; yment to building workers. He saic WPA was soliciting projects of 2 private nature instead of public works. Linked to Job Issue
The irades group. told Mayor Boetcher that f to give the fire station “work toa private*eontractor “would . only. increase unemployment.” “We ¢oi’t want our men on relief,” Mr. Vestal told the Mayor. The Saicly Board last week voted to use: "WPA labor and purchase materials on the open market for the construction of the engine house. The Board’s action followed earlier charzes of irregularities in bidding on the contract, which was cancelled =iter it was let to a private conirastor. Mayor Soetcher indicated any action that ‘may follow rests with fet Board. “We have not decided what to do,” Theo Dammeyer, Safety Board president, said. Mr. Schwitzer said he may file an injunction suit to restrain the City from Droreeding with the air-
pers project Lease Investigated
He said his attorneys were investigating terms of the 20-year lease between the City and the. Federal Government. Replying to the charge that leasing of 266 acres of Municipal Airport violated terms of an ordinance, Mayor Boeicher said action of City Council in 1935 authorized the City to negotiate such a contract. The Mayor today started circulation of pectiiions in support of the bond issue ordinance, “in event a remonstrance is filed,” he explained. Mr. Schwiizelesaid he opposed location of the experimental station here because it would obstruct development of commercial aviation at the field. Mayor XEoctcher had requested that City Council authorize the airport bond issue under suspension of the rules last night, but no action was taken. Revenue from sale of the bonds was to finance construction of an airplane hangar and shops and purchase of an additional 58 acres of land. The lease with thé Bureau of Air Commerce provides that the buildin: must be completed by Sept. °, ING )ME TAX RECEIPTS UP WAH #INGTON, March 22 (U. P). —The Treasury announced today that me tax collections. in the first 21%: lays of March totaled $685,689,563, excecding the comparable period flast year by 5.1 per cent.
400° MINERS ON STRIKE
LOCUST SUMMIT, March’
22 (U, Py—Four He) miners struck today 25 tributary collieries of the Locus; Summit central
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Pledges Eff ort to Maintain School's Accaemic San
BLOOMINGTON, March 22—Herman B. Wells today accepted appointment as 11th president of Indiana University and prepared to leave
He was appointed unanimously by the Board of Trustees which has interviewed many prominent educators in the search for a successor to President-Emeritus William Lowe Bryan. & “But as we interviewed these
8 HURT BY CARS: SPEEDERS FINED
17 of 30 Motorists in Court Assessed - $73; Arrests ® Total 59.
Eleven speeders paid fines aver-
pal Court aftermath. of. o traffic that injured eight persons and resulted in 59 arrests. : Only 17 of the 30 who appeared in the morning court session were fined. These were assessed $73 while $215 was suspended. Some cases were
continued and some defendants were to appear this afternoon. Six men were injured in one collision and a woman was badly hurt in another crash. The men were injured when a car driven by Walter Smith, 26, of London, crashed into another machine, driven by Louis: Zander, 18, of 25 N. Chester St., at Emerson Ave. and State Road 29.
Hurled Off Road
Witnesses told deputies Zander had stopped at the State Road be-
fore crossing on Emerson Ave. and was almost across the intersection when the car driven north on the State Road crashed into the rear of the Zander machine. The car, was hurled off the road into a ditch ‘while Mr. Smith’s car continued for 25 feet before stoping. P Mr. Smith suffered bruises and two passengers in his car were thrown. from the machine. They were Leroy Rodge, 22, and Harold Means, 33, of London. Both suffered severe head lacerations.. A Leonard Pea, was uninjured. Zander and two passengers, Charles A. Peak, 17, of Rural Route 10, Box 358, and ‘Joe Jacobs, 16, of Rural Roufe 12, Box 658, all. suffered bruises. They were taken to City Hospital. Mrs. Marguerite Strange, 51, of 2604 N. Alabama St. suffered severe cuts and bruises when the car in which she was riding overturned after striking another machine at 16th St. and Northwestern Ave. late yesterday.
Harmony Carpenter
Dies as Car Upsets BRAZIL, March 22 (U. P.).—Harvey Smith, 54-year-old carpenter from Harmony, was killed “yesterday when the automobile He was driv-
ing overturned into a ditch on U. S. 40, west of here. Witnesses said: he apparently lost control of the machine,
Kankakee Resident Killed Near. Clinton
CLINTON, March 22 (U.. P).— Henry Boesinger, 33, of Kankakee, Ill, who formerly lived here, died yesterday of injuries received when his automobile left the road and crashed into a bridge Sunday. The body was taken to the home of his parents, Mr. and Mrs. John Boesinger, at Marshall, Ill. :
La Porte Couple Killed
5|In Train-Truck Crash
DYER, March 22 (U. P)).—Mr. and Mrs. Harold Luther, both 30, of La Porte, were killed instantly here late yesterday when their truck was struck by a Monon Railroad passenger train at the Lincoln High-
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men, before we knew what we were doing we found ourselves-using Herman as a yardstick and.we soon found he had no peers,” Judge Ora Wildermuth, a trustee, explained. President Wells admonished a Phojographer he could have a pie-ture-from any angle but profile. ‘He admired a basket of roses sent by the School of Business, of which he was dean, and he was interrupted constantly during a general interview by congratulatory phone ralls.
. Appreciates Opportunity
He issued this formal statement: + “I have a deep sense of the great
y. But I likewise s
and to the people of the Ae ot Indiana. . “During the last few months I have enjoyed the whole-hearted cooperation and support of Dr. Bryan, the Board of Trustees, my advisory committee, the alumni and friends of the university, and the faculty and student body; and I acknowl-
edge with gratitude this co-opera-.
tion. In the months and years to come I shall strive to merit the continued co-operation of these same persons and groups and shall :give all my energy to the maintenance of India University’s great heritage of educational leadership.”
. Plans Interviews in East Informally he said there will -be
no radical change in the faculty this.
spring. He said he would arrive in New York Friday and have several interviews with prospective faculty members over the week-end. He will select the faculty members by personal interview and expects to complete the present series of trips in about two weeks, he said. Dr. Bryan issued this statement: “The selection of Dean Wells as president of Indiana University gives me great satisfaction. Since the decision was made, a member: of the Board has said to me that after interviews with more than 20 persons, east and west, who were recommended by advisers, they found Dean Wells peer of the best. of them. “1 trust the wisdom of that judgment. I have come to know that Dean Wells: has a clear vision: of what a university is for. A university president is lured in: every direction to establish new popular fields of work. President Wells will not be led: astray by such temptations, Trustees Voice Confidence “He will ‘consider the old and the new with wise deliberation, so as to
"| put the strength of the University
vigorously behind those things which: are truly fundamental. “It ‘will be a great pleasure to me to. join with all members and friends of the university in:hearty support to President Wells in the great
work to which he has been called.”:
Te; trustees issued this statemen “With: great” expectations, we invited Herman B. Wells to great .responsibilities. His observed -experi-
- | ence, practical - wisdom, admirable
temperament and high ideals give conspicuous assurance of enduring achievement. With trust in him ‘we have confidence in the future.”
; Worked: in Bank President Wells began to accumulate his business experience at 13 when he went to work in a country bank at Jamestown. Later ‘he served for a while as field sec-
retary for the Indiana Bankers As-
sociation, in which: capacity he was instrumental in organizing a statewide program of improved banking practices and opérations. His work in this connection and his university teaching and training prompted: former Governor Harry Leslie to - appoint. him ' research director and secretary of the newly created ‘Study Commission for Indiana Financial Institutions in 1931. : ' Growing out of the study com(Turn to: Page Three) =
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Spencer Assigns Staff Man To Conduct Investigation Of Prize Schemes.
" The Marion County Prosecutor's office today joined the Better Business Bureau in a campaign against bingo games. The action came as result of protests filed with Chief Morrissey and Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer by | T. M. Overley, Better Business Bureau head, against the “growing number of bingo games being operated here.” ; Mr. Spencer announced he had assigned AI Lynch, of his staff; to work with the Police Department in the investigation. Chief Morrissey could not be reached for comment. Mr. Overley, charging that the games are illegal, said the Bureau has received domplaints from businessmen.
30 Games Reported Run
“We desire to co-operate with our public officials in what is a very difficult problem,” he said. . - It was reported there are more than 30 bingo games scheduled in the city each week with prizes ranging from $135 to approximately $1400. An eight-page pamphlet is reported to have been printed to list all the places where the games are played. Most of the games, it was reported, are played under the sponsorship of various fraternal, lodge, labor or religious organizations.
3 ARE HURT IN FT. WAYNE FIRE
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Warehouse, Six Homes Destroyed.
FT. WAYNE, March 22 (U. P.).— Fire swept the huge warehouse of the Ft. Wayne Builders’ Supply Co. today and destroyed six nearby homes before it: was brought under control. At least three persons were ns Jured, none believed seriously. Total damage was estimated between $65,000 and $75,000. Policeman Gene Bouchard, 35, was overcome by smoke and taken to a nearby hospital. Two men, whose names were not learned immediately, also required medical attention. Origin of the blaze was undetermined. : The warehouse, which covered an entire block, was destroyed. If was used to store lumber, brick, tile, ce- 4 ment and lime. The flames, fanned by wind, swept to nearby houses. Six were destroyed and four damaged. The fire was centered in an area where there were numerous wooden structures. \
Eight Flee Home as Smoke Fills Rooms
Eight persons, some of them in night clothing, were forced to flee from their home at 1125 N. Alabama St. at 6 a. m. today when fire filled the rooms with dense smoke. Albert Scott Jr., one of the residents, became ill from inhaling smoke while attempting to extinguish the flames with buckets of water. He was forced outside the | three-story frame house and was given first aid by firemen. Others in the house at the time were Mrs. Carrie Brandon, Mrs. Albert E. Scott, Miss Estelle Scott, Mrs. Iona Scott, Jack Trotter, Mark in and Chester Mills. Cause of the blaze. which caused damage estimated .by Mrs. Iona Scott at more than-$200, was undetermined.
Mr. Epstein, who said he was awakened by smoke, ‘aroused the other sleeping persons.
ORDER DOGS ‘SEIZED IF NOT VACCINATED
The Safety Board today ordered police and dog pound offiicals to seize all dogs found on the streets without collars and the tags showing = they have been vaccinated against rabies.’ The Board warned dog owners to have their pets vaccinated if they
SEC ASKS WHITNEY. SENTENCING DELAY
WASHINGTON, Ma ‘March 2 @. P.)~The Securities and Commission Joday asked New York authorities to delay sentence of Richard Whitney to permit the SEC.
tion of pis brokerage crash.
and . tomorrow. it will cloudy and cooler.
in the 70s. Tonight, the Weather | Bureau predicted, there probably will be showers and thunderstorms be partly
‘Yesterday the thermometer reached 77, the warmest for that
gay in 29 years.
iGNORE EUROPE, BEARD ADVISES
Noted Historian ‘Sees No Cause for Alarm Over Hitler’s Threats.
"~ FOREIGN SITUATION WASHINGTON-U. S. presents bill for Panay; Dr. Beard warns U. S. to steer clear of Europe. VIENNA—Nazis hold two sons of slain Archduke Ferdinand. LONDON—Britain expected fo ig‘nore Czech crisis. PARIS—Chamber debates mobilization bill. KAUNAS—Lithuania accepts Polish
Minister. SHANGHAI—Martial law declared
in Hongkew. ARAGON, SPAIN — Rebels pierce - Loy#list line. ROME—Italy bars Trieste as free port,
Hitler’ Won't Fight, Historian Believes
By MAX STERN . Times Special Writer
WASHINGTON, March 22— “Let us guide ourselves by history, not hysterics,” is the advice of Dr.
Charles A. Beard, who does not|
count himself among the alarmists so far as Adolf Hitler is concerned. This eminent historian sees no occasion. for American ee over
players re few oo no good
_} hands, and they are so shaky from
fear that they can’t see what is on the cards.” Hitler in particular isn’t looking at his hand, Dr. Beard thinks. “His storm troopers can beat up defenseless women and unarmed Jews, ‘but. Britain, France, Russia ‘and the Little Entente are something different,” he said.
Fears Maginot Line
“He knows about France's Maginot line from Belgium to Switzer-
land, and he knows that the old alles ‘are armed with navies and planes that could ring Germany with a blockade and destroy her cities from the aig. ' “He should know that Russia was the graveyard of Napoleon's hopes. Can he forget 1812, when Russia's winter came down- on Napoleon's grand army amid the flames of burning Moscow, forcing him to retreat and leave all but 25,500 of his 500,000 seasoned troops dead in the snow? “Let Hitler strut, Spous and sweat. In the iron destiny of Europe- no dictator, from Caesar down, has been permiited long to live. The plain people will always inherit the earth, because Shey are the only ones who do its wor : Events today le 1914 only
‘superficially, Dr. Beard said.
Germany is represented as threatening the world’s peace; Italy is Germany’s dubious ally; the members of the old entente distrust each other but ‘are drawn together in common fear: in America rise cries of preparedness “to keep us out of war”; we even face possible trouble in Mexico.
Set-Up Is Different
But behind these similarities are great differences, The powerful Austro-Hungary Empire is gone;
Germany lacks material resources | pansi
for a major war, her people need butter and other fats, and have been too long keyed to high tension; Japan is busy frying to conquer China; all the people have a will to peace, and even dictators know that a general war will obliterate all the men who led ter countries into war. As to the United States, Dr. Beard is less hopeful. We are thinking too
-| much ‘about Europe, he said, and
too little about making our own a durable civilization. He called Mr. Hull’s recent talk “a tightrope walk between war and peace.” He thought the Sheppard-Hill-May war power bill should be named a “bill for the enslavement of the American peo ple.” He said we should let Europy/ settle her own quarrels; “we can’t bring it Utopia. now any more ‘thin in 1917.” “I've heard nevis” he said, “that | certain Republicans are voicing a new slogan: ‘We turned the Democrats qut during their last war; let's (Turn to Page Three) 37
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WASHINGTON, March 22 (U. B). —Percy Tetlow, coal miner, | At the
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NATIONAL AFFAIRS
DEFIANCE EXPECTED to bring TVA head’s dismissal. - NAVY : EXPANSION BILL faces hitter Senate debate. : TREASURY URGES higher capital
gains tax. ROOSEVELT LEAVES: tonight for Warm Springs visit. PITTMAN amendment to Executive Bill rejected
Demand for es
Probe of TVA Grows
WASHINGTON, March 22 (U. P.). —Speaker William B. Bankhead, indicating he believed: President Roosevelt ' has power to remove Chairman Morgan, said today he expected action from the Chief Executive today. As the deadline of Mr. Roosevelt's ultimatum to the defiant TVA chairman- approached, demands for Congressional inquiry of the feud among the TVA" directors intensified. Mr. Bankhead, however, said he doubted Mr. Roosevelt would recommend Congressional action to oust Dr. Morgan, although he admitted his idea was “pure surmise.” Mr. Roosevelt gave Mr. Morgan until 2:30 p. m. today to withdraw his. charges against his associate directors or resign. The President said the only other alternative was to dismiss or suspend Mr. Morgan. While the deadline neared, Mr. Morgan's associate directors, Dr. Harcourt A. Morgan and David E. Lilienthal, called on Mr. Roosevelt. Both said their conference was on “clearly routine matters.”
Morgan Cancels Statement on TVA
YELLOW SPRINGS, O., March 22 (U. P). — Dr. Arthur E. Morgan, Tennessee Valley Authority .chairman, today canceled a scheduled press conference and retired to his country home to await developments in his dispute with President Roosevelt. Dr. Morgan, upon his arrival here, announced he would meet newspapermen and . elaborate upon his stand in the TVA case. Later, he said: “After thinking the matter over, I have decided tbat I have nothing “further to say.”
"Me said Ne-was leaving “iimme- | diptely for his country home: The
farm residence does not have a telephone.
Magill Urges Higher Capital Gains Tax WASHINGTON, March 22 (U. P.) ~Undersecretary of Treasury Roswell Magill today indicated that revision of the undistributed profits and’ capital gains taxes under consideration by the Senate Finance Committee could be effected with a net gain of $40,500,000 in/ Federal revenue, ‘Testifying before the Committee ‘on the Treasury’s attitude to proposed tax revision, he presented Soheugles showing revenue-produc-.botentialities of the revised I - Chairman Harrison (D. Miss.) had proposed elimination of the undistributed profits tax and substitution of a flat 15 per cent levy on -capital gains for present provisions of the $5,330,000,000 revenue bill. Mr. Magill’s schedules showed that substitution of a flat 15- per cent rate on capital gains would cut Federal revenue. But replacement of the House-approved undistributed profits tax by a flat 19 per cent levy of corporate profits would make up | this deficiency and show an aggregate gain 0f.$40,500,000 over revenue potentialities of the House scheme, the schedules indicated. Mr. Magill, however, told the committee that the Treasury favors retention of the undistribured profits tax principle and warned ‘against complete elimination of the levy on capital gains.
Navy Bill Faces Bitter
Debate in Senate
WASHINGTON, March 22 (U. P.). —The Senate .received President Roosevelt's $1,121,546,000 Naval exon bill today with predictions of bitter debate on foreigh affairs, neutrality and naval policy before its passage. Chairman’ Walsh (D. Mass.) of the Senate Naval Affairs Committee, which will conduct hearings on it, indicated the Navy Department would be asked to produce two se.cret reports that were denied the House, ‘The Committee “probably” will demand, he said, information on a tactical maneuver off San Francisco (Turn to Page Three)
Juvenile Bureau Opened: Geckler May Ask New Aid
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Juvenile Judge John F. Geckler cial today said that the withdrawal of | police officers from his court to lish ‘new - ‘police. Juvenile
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Scores Stale. House Organization as Dictatorship.
‘TALK OF HITLER’
Ports-of-Entry Are Called Source of Voting Abuse.
Criticizing Governor Townsend’s regime as a “dictatorship worse than Hitler's or Stalin’s,” Senator VanNuys today outlined his campaign for re-election as an Independent next November.
The Senator’s announcement followed by a few hours a conference between labor leaders representing the. Democratic Branch, Workers Nonpartisan Political Action League, Inc, of Marion County, and Governor Townsend. The delegation said it was unalterably opposed to administration support of Samuel D.1 Jackson, F't. Wayne, for the U. S. Senate nomination. The group, reported backing the candidacy of Alex Gordon, Brotherhood of Locomotive Firemen and Enginemen state chairman, was told by the Governor that the Administration is not committed ' to any Senatorial candidate at this time.
Announces Radio Talks
In a prepared statement and an interview, Senator VanNuys said he would make no effort to win the Senate nomination in the “handpicked” Democratic state convention. He also said that, starting two
months before the eiection, he will give weekly talks over a statewide radio network, in which he would reveal use of beer importer licenses as political rewards to public offi--efals; “naming names, ‘ dates;{amounts and so forth.” “I will explain the rottenness of Indiana’s port-of-entry beer system,” he said. “I will tell of instances in several Indiana cities where beer importer corporations were formed and the stock issued free to the Mayor, Chief of Police, Prosecuting Attorney, City Attorney, Criminal Court Judge and Sheriff.”
' Barnhart Declines Commént
Governor Townsend was not available for comment on Senator VanNuys’ charges. Hugh Barnhart, chairman of the Alcohol Beverages Commission, said he had no come ment to make. Questioned as to whether his prepared statement indicated he would not seek the Democratic nomination in convention, Mr. VanNuys commented: : “You can draw your own conclu< sions. I shall make no fight for delegates in the Democratic convention. That would be like butting my head against.a wall. “I've got the worst machine in the country to buck. Tammany doesn’t compare with it..
‘Talk About Hitler—’
“Talk about Hitler and Stalin's regimentation and dictatorship — we've got it worse in our own State House than anywhere else in the world.” Senator VanNuys d ed to comment on former Governor McNutt’s early bid for the Democratic Presidential nomination. - -He- said he expects to return to| Washington at the end of this week to aid in the fight to repeal the corporate undistributed surplus tax and the capital gains and losses provisions of the present law, and to oppose the family-owned corporations ‘penalty tax. About two weeks after Congress adjourns, he said, he plans to open headquarters in Indianapolis and every coufity in the State. “The Political Action League delegation conferring with the Governor was headed by Martin Miller, state representative of the Brotherhood of Railroad Trainmen, and Adolph |.
of Labor secretary. Others: included D: R. Barneclo, | of Theatrical Stage Employees Union business = agent: Frank Broden, League secretary and International
Chief. be to bring
who are to be connected with it are Howard Hunt, of the Council of So-| ir Bera T Dude and Duunkle, and Mrs. Em-
Mrs. Berta L. ma Baker.’ said the aim will . who have
d, | today in a collision near Viareggio. A thick fog was believed to have
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RMAN QUITS YOR'S RACE ANNUYS IRATE
[Doctor ‘Advised Him Not to Run, Says | Candidate.
4 LEFT IN FIELD
Henry, Hiner, Wolff, Jewett Are G. O. P. Possibilities.
M. Bert Thurman, who recently announced his candidacy for the Republican mayoralty nomination, today withdrew because of ill health. Mr. Thursman returned to his home recently after a“week in St. Vincent's Hospital. He said his physician advised against a vigorous campaign. Mr. Thurman’s withdrawal left the present G. O. P. field to four others: George A. Henry, who filed last week; Ward B. Hiner, who ane nounced several months ago: Charles Jewett, former Mayor and former County Republican chair« man, and Herman C. Wolff, neither of whom has anhounced. formally ‘but who are considered potential candidates.
“None Given “Go Sign”
It was said also that Walter Pritchard may be induced to switch from his reported plans to seek the Criminal Court nomination and run for the mayoralty nomination. None of these men thus far has been given the “go sign” by the Republican organization, it was ree ported. A complete slate has not been worked out for County, City and Congressional offices. County Chairman Fred Schorte« meier said he is hoping for a hare monious campaign in the fall. He had no comment on reported ore ganization support for any candi-~
ro Pritchard is a “former Munte cipal Court judge and was the Ree publican nominee for Criminal Su judge in 1930 for mayor in 1934. / : Some party leaders believe he might be able to break inte the strong South Side Democratic stronghold, since he is a South Side resident.
Heeds Doctor’s Advice
Along with Emsley Johnson, Mr, Jewett also has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the Cone gressional nomination. In announcing his withdrawal, Mr. Thurman said: that the nominee for Mayor must make a vigorous, active campaign, I have acted upon the advice of my physician and withe drawn my name as a candidate. “I am deeply grateful to my friends who have worked so earnestly in advancing my candidacy and I wish the Republican nominee, whoever he may be, a full measure of success.”
HEARINGS IN POWER RATE CASE ENDED
Hearings in the five-year-old Ine dianapolis Power & Light Co. rate case were concluded today befors the Indiana Public Service Commis sion. Commissioners said a final order .would be issued soon unless other cases interfered. Clyde Jones and Howell Ellis, ate torneys for the utility, cross exame ined John W. Conley, Commission
chief accountant. Mr. Conley previously had testi fied that the company’s book value was $46,602,143.83. He said he arrived at this figure by using the
commission in 1927 by the Indian-
apolis Light and Heat Co. and its
predecessor, the Merchants Heat
and Light Co.
He said that the Indianapolis
Power and Light Co. had made
property additions since that time of $16,399,250.50, according to their
annual reports submitted to the Commission.
Company attorneys brought out
that their opening book entry was approxima plicew Which
$40,000,000, the sale e Commission allowed
_ property $1638 35050 by decline tha sie
these additions
figuring on the $40,000,000 original base, the total should be $19,692,080.
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