Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 3 June 1938 — Page 1

SCRIPPS — HOWARD

SENATORS ADD HOUSING FUND 10 RELIEF BILL

NATIONAL AFFAIRS

RECOVERY BILL passage sought today by New Dealers. AVIATION AND SHIPPING due for greater regulation. WAGE-HOUR conference moves slowly.

SEC decides on truce with Stock Exchange.

PRESIDENT proposes study of British labor law.

(Editorial, Page 18)

Indiana Senators Split

On Relief Amendments WASHINGTON, June 3 (U. P.).— The Senate today added a 300 million dollar housing authorization amendment to President Roofevelt’s recovery bill bringing its total to $3,722,000,000. The amendment was added to the bill with the support of Senate MaJority Leader Alben W. Barkley as Administration forces drove toward

a final vote on the huge measure before adjournment tonight. The housing amendment was sponsored by Senator Wagner (D. N. Y) and raises the sum which the U. S. Housing Authority is authorized to provide for slum clearance and low cost housing projects from 500 million to 800 million dollars. The increase was proposed by President Roosevelt in his relief message to Congress. The House now is considering the housing proposal in the form of a separate bill.

Monetary Proposals Shelved

Administratien forces n e x t marshalled votes in an effort to rebuff efforts of. a conservative Democratic-Republican coalition to earmark spending funds contrary to the desires of President Roosevelt. The day's first hurdle, a brace of far-reaching monetary amend - ments, was cleared when authors of the proposals were persuaded to send them to committee for study. Leaders were confident the $3,422, - 000,000 bill would be approved by the Senate today. The monetary proposals were sponsored by Senators Bankhead (D. Ala.) and Logan (D. Ky.). The - Bankhead proposal was to finance the whole recovery program by bond purchases ahd excess profits of the Federal Reserve Banks. Senator Logan wished to stabilize prices by Federal Reserve Board manipulation of the value of the dollar. A drive to earmark all relief funds promised the most trouble. It was led by three anti-Administration Democrats—Senators Bailey (N. C.). Copeland (N. Y.) and Wheeler (Mont.). The second major problem still unsettled was an effort to decentralize relief under a plan sponsored by Senator Vandenberg (R. Mich.). It had scattered support among antiAdministration Democrats and the solid backing of Republicans. After two day-and-night sessions. the Senate met again today at 10 a. m. (Indianapolis Time), an hour earlier than usual. Majority Leader Barkley (D. Ky.) planned to continue in session until the bill is passed. New Deal Wins Thrice

Three bitterly contested amendments were disposed of at yesterday's session, which did not end until 10 p. m., the Administration winning in each case. Before recessing, the Senate: 1. Restored a 965-million-dollar appropriation for the Public Works Administration, upsetting the action of its committee which had reduced the amount by 100 million. This increased the total authorizations and appropriations of the bill to $3,422,000,000. 2. Eliminated a committee amendment preventing the PWA from helping to build power plants that would compete with private utilities. The vote was 46 to 30. 3. Rejected an amendment by Senator Hatch (D. N. M) to prohibit Works Progress Administration employees from using their “official authority or influence for the purpose of interfering with a convention, a primary or other election or affecting the results thereof.” The vote was 40 to 37. Tydings Joins Fight Debate on the Hatch amendment revived a smoldering fire of resentment that has tamed several times during consideration of the spending-lending measure over the activity of New Deal officials in primary contests. Resentment of opposition Democrats over Administration political activity also has motivated the earmarking drive. They seek to prevent Mr. Roosevelt and Interior Secretary Ickes from having any discretion as to what states shall get PWA projects. Senator Bailey would earmark all existing approved PWA projects for the first funds under the bill. Senator Copeland would take 325 million ‘dollars for specific river, har(Continued on Page Three)

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VOLUME 50—NUMBER 72

Bee-Fuddling

Essay, Art Contests Offered as Truce To Sitdowners.

By JOE COLLIER

NY Indiana bee, properly coached by its owner, may become a spelling bee and enter a contest for literate bees at the Indiana State Fair this fall, it was announced today by the Academic Committee of the Indiana State Beekeepers’ Association. “Here is your chance to teach your bees how to break into print,” the Committee announced. Meanwhile, the Creative Arts Committee of the Association anriounced there also will be a prize at the Fair for the bee painting the best picture between now and then, with Brown County bees given a slight edge in competition. Persons close to Association officials said that the two new prizes were offered as a sort of truce to the bees, who were none too well fed during the winter and who have been outspoken in their criticism of the extremely wet spring. It seems that many bees, despite the lushness of the Indiana clover’ fields, have been conducting a sit down strike lately, many times on the beekeepers themselves. Beekeepers are reported unanimous in the conviction that that is na way for bees to act.

¥ HE cool, cloudy weather,” the report reads, “has prevented bees from doing their best and have made for greater swarming by holding the field force in the brood nest much of the time.” All that in spite of the fact that “never in years have we had so much clover in bloom at one time and in practically all parts of the state.” All the beekeeper has to do to enter his bees in the contest— and it seems to be little enough— is to form the combs into which the bees will place the honey into words or a landscape. The bees, if they get the spirit of the thing, will do the rest. Then the bee copy readers will go to work on the submitted honey manuscript, putting in commas and eating out redundancies, and the tome will be ready for the Fair. The beekeepers say they hope the little essay contest will give the bees a purpose in life and cause them to forget past differences.

GRAND JURY OPENS PAWNBROKER PROBE

Prosecutor Spencer Orders Quiz After Complaint.

The Marion County Grand Jury today began an inquiry into Indi- | anapolis pawnshops on order of | Prosecutor Herbert M. Spencer. Prosecutor Spencer said he ordered the investigation because of a complaint that one pawnbroker had refused to turn over to the Police Department property alleged to have been stolen. Detective Chief Fred Simon said that he knew of one case in which a pawnbroker had refused to turn over a watch to the department but added that this was the first case of its type in several months. It was indicated, however, that the jury would question most if not all pawn brokers. It was reported that subpenas calling for the immediate appearance of the pawnshop operators hefore the jury had been issued and some of them were reported to have been served. One pawnbroker appeared before the jury about 11:30 a. m. The grand jurors were ready to leave the jury room when the inquiryv was ordered and they were asked to remain until the summonses could be served and the witnesses appear.

Ee CHARGES ARE DISMISSED Charges of aiding and abetting a fugitive from justice were dismissed against Nathan Regenstreif, 26, of 3414 Birchwood Ave. by Municipal Judge John McNelis today because the affidavit against him was not signed.

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VOTE BUILDING FUND, ADJOURN SESSION GOAL

Democratic Majority Leaders Urge Action Only on Major Issue.

PLEDGES TO BE SOUGHT

Plans to Call Special Legis-

lature Made; Parley Arranged.

Democratic majority leaders in the Legislature are to seek pledges from Democratic members to limit the proposed special session to consideration of an appropriation for a state building program, Administration sources said today. It was explained that Governor Townsend hoped the special session would consider one subject only and adjourn within a week. Frank G. Thompson, Bluffton, majority leader; Edward H. Stein, Bloomfield, speaker, and William J. Black, Anderson, were to seek the pledges from House members, it was reported. The three men conferred this afternoon with Dick Helier, Governor Townsend's executive secretary, At least 55 House members are to be asked to insure the Administration against runaway legislation. The special session, to be called if Congress approves the President's “pump-priming” program, will be asked to appropriate $4.400,000 from the State general fund surplus to match anticipated PWA grants. Total cost of the proposed building program which includes construction of a new tuberculosis hospital and a new state office building has been fixed at $8,000,000. The balance in the State general fund probably will reach $27,000,000 by July 1, the Auditor's office has estimated. This would be about $3.000,000 more than the balance at the beginning of the fiscal year.

Conference Called

Majority leaders also are expecied to confer with the Governor on a possible date for the special session and there is speculation as to whether it should be held after State conventions of both parties late this month. Republican leaders already have attacked the proposed session as uneconomical. Governor Townsend last week said he probably would call the special session about June 21 if the workrelief bill is passed by Congress by that time. It was reported that there is discussion among Democrats as to whether attempts should be made to revise State liquor laws. State Budget Director Edward P. Brennan who is expected to draft the appropriation bill said it was too early for him to begin this work.

Schricker Sees No Beer Law Change

Times Special WASHINGTON, June 3.—Nothing will be done with the Indiana beer Jaw at a special session of the Legislature, Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker predicted here today. Calling on the Hoosier Congressmen, he discounted Indianapolis stories that the port-of-entry system might be abolished soon. “I talked to Governor Townsend about a special session before I left the State House,” he said. “What he has in mind is getting the sentiment of the legislative leaders regarding prompt passage of an appropriation bill to carry out a PWA building program and nothing else. I think he will set the date for June 21, if legislators are agreeable.” The Lieutenant Governor is expected to leave for Indianapolis tomorrow.

SHIPMENTS OF HOGS HERE BREAK RECORD

(Market Details, Page 25)

Midwestern farmers sent 12,600 hogs to the Indianapolis stockvards today. Market officials said this was the largest run of the year here and also the largest of anv market in the United States today.

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FRIDAY, JUNE 3, 1938

Officials Discuss Track E levation

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With City on South Side Improvement.

Asked by Mavor Boetcher to co-

clared they were willing but were { without funds for the project.

sylvania Railroad vice and Indianapolis Union Railways president, agreed to send a company engineer here next week to confer with City Engineer Henry B. Steeg on project plans. Works Board officials suggested that present plans, which call for elevation of the Pennsylvania and the Indianapolis Union Railway tracks over Madison Ave. and S. East St., might be modified to conform with the railroads’ suggestions. Mr. Newcomet and other railroad officials told the Works Board that they would require more information before taking definite steps. Other railroad men attending the conference at the Mayor's office were F. H. Reynolds, Indianapolis Union Railways chief operating officer, and J. J. Liddy, Union Railways superintendent. Under statute, railroads must pay 50 per cent of the cost of. the proposed $3,500,000 project. The City is to pay 36 per cent and the County, 14. The City and County plan to apply for PWA grants to cover 45 per cent of their respective costs. : Application can not be made until the proposed recovery bill is passed by Congress. Mr. Steeg now in preparing the City’s application.

Three Orchids Windsor’s Gift

On Anniversary

(Another Story, Page 17)

PARIS, June 3 (U. P.).—The Duke of Windsor presented a houquet of three orchids to the Duchess of Windsor today, their first wedding anniversary, From Antibes, where they are staying, the Duke sent emissaries to nearby towns collecting orchids for the anniversary. They found only three. The Duke and Duchess spent the anniversary watching workmen decorate the chateau which they have leased for three years. As usual, | they packed a picnic lunch of cold chicken and ham at their hotel and ate in the chateau grounds. They arranged for a private dinner at their hotel tonight. In London, out of eight morning newspapers today, only two thought it necessary to mention the Duke's wedding anniversary. Those two de- | voted six lines each to it.

PRINCETON, Fla., June 3 (U. P.). Searchers discovered a bloodsmeared fragment of cloth in a water-filled rock pit at Tavernier near the Florida keys today. Federal agents sent divers into the pit in an effort to learn whether it might reveal the fate of kidnaped Jimmy Cash. G-Men, massed here for the most intensive kidnap drive in several years, rushed south in fast cars upon learning of the discovery. They took the cloth fragment for immediate analysis, while divers and boatmen began investigating the deep pit. Ralph Lund, a resident near the pit, said the fragment might have been a piece of clothing. Federal agents, however, refused to discuss whether the disccvery had major significance in the manhunt for the men who kidnaped the 5-year-old boy and failed to return him after collecting $10,000 ransom. Meanwhile 150 picked men hunted through the subtropical “green hell” of the Cape Sable everglades region. The men, picked for their hardi-

hood and knowledge of the tangled 1

fastness, were ordered to hunt along little frequented wilderness trails for any evidence bearing on the abduction. The Cape Sable searchers wore thick hip-boots to guard against poisonous reptiles as they waded and hacked their way through the morass.

Along the coast, a marine force of 500 men swept the Florida keys in a flotilla of small boats. Eighteen divers were at work in coves and inlets where the boy's body might have been hidden. The Federal Bureau of Investigation flew new manpower to Florida today in the hunt for the abductors. A commercial airliner landed at Miami with 14 men. Refusing Yo answer questions, the men went directly to the 13th floor suite in downtown Miami where Chief GMan J. Edgar Hoover personally was directing the search. The new G-Men augmented an already formidable force of Federal agents. The big FBI offices in Miami were crowded with the Federal officers and many more were in the field.

Blood Smeared Cloth Taken From Pit. Studied as Clue to Cash Boy Kidnaper

Leaders of the manhunt promised that when it is completed, not a south Florida thicket will be unexplored, a pond or cove uninvestigated or a key unvisited. Persons aroused by the strong probability that the 5-year-old baby had been murdered by the kidnapers were gathered in groups here, muttering over each bit of gossip.

Floridans Quizzed By N. J. Police

JERSEY CITY, N. J. June 3 (U. P.).—Two men and two women, taken into custody as they drove through here in a sedan that bore Florida plates, were questioned by police today, presumably in connection with the kidnaping of James B. Cash Jr.

Herold Reinecke, head of the Indianapolis office of the Federal Bureau of Investigation, said today he has been authorized ‘to pay cash for any bills from the $10,000 ransom paid to the kidnapers of James

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The railroads are without funds to help finance the proposed South Side track elevation, officials said today when they conferred with City officials. Shown attending the conference are (seated left to Louis J. Brandt, Works Board president; Mayor Boetcher; H. E. Newcomet, Indianapolis

RAILROADS SAY | City Auto Toll Reaches 3 FUNDS LACKING Left Turns Chief Hazard

Carrier Executives Confer Parked and Slow Cars Also Child Killed Near Fowler, Cause Accidents, Sur- | vey Shows.

H. E. Newcomet, Chicago, Penn- | said the study indicated the need president | for motorists

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Approximately 26 per cent of motor car accidents result from left at intersections and from

four roads by the Indiana Highway Commission showed today. | Commission Chairman T. A. Dicus |

cautions. The fact that 43 of the 78 accidents in which left turns were cited as causes occurred in the day time also indicated that following drivers failed to take proper precautions, Mr. Dicus pointed out. A total of 898 accidents resulting in 29 fatalities and injury to 379 persons were studied. Of these 239 crashes were attributed to left turns and slow or parked vehicles. Meanwhile, Indianapolis Accident Prevention Bureau officials, school safety directors, and city recreational leaders mapped plans for sponsoring a series of 10 children's safety plays to be given at 10 recreational centers throughout the city this summer. The officials who met today were Lieut. Lawrence McCarty, Police Accident Prevention Bureau head; William Evans, School Safety Director; W. H. Middlesworth, City Recreation Director; Miss Mildred Gilmore, Marion County WPA Recreational Director; Traffic Captain Lewis Johnson and Clayton A. Sanders, accident prevention associate safety director.

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FORECAST: Increasing cloudiness and somewhat warmer tonight, becoming unsettled tomorrow with cooler and possibly showers by afternoon.

™ Union Railways president and Pennsylvani vice president, and F. H. Reynolds, Union Railways

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at Postoffice, Indianapolis,

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flicer. Standing (left to right) are

Ernest Frick, Board secretary; J. J. Liddy, Union Railways superintendent; Maurice E. Tennant, Board member, and Robert K. Eby, Board vice president.

Youth at Logansport; 4 Hurt Here.

| One traffic victim died here to-

day, bringing the 1938 toll in Indianapolis to 30, compared with 46 for the corresponding 1937 period,

while two others were killed in In-

diana traffic outside the City. Four persons were injured in 10

to observe proper | overnight City traffic accidents. Po-

lice arrested 64 drivers. The victim here was Robert Blanford, 22, of 1727 Hoyt Ave. who died at City Hospital early today of injuries received Sunday when his car was struck by a train. Gordon Garriott, 2, died at Lafayette after he was struck by a truck near Fowler, Robert Haan, 21, of Lafayette, died of auto injuries at Logansport.

Auto Hit by Train

Mr. Blanford's car was struck by a Big Four Railroad train at the Fletcher Ave. crossing. He received a fractured skull and fractures of both arms and one leg. Meanwhile, 21 motorists paid $76 in Municipal Court today and $170 in fines were suspended by Judge John L. McNelis. William Crawford, 15, of 1614 Dawson St. was knocked from his bicycle in 1700 block Woodlawn Drive by a car which police said was driven by Leland Ledbetter, of 1818 Woodlawn Drive, George Lohman, 14, of Zionsville, helper on a milk truck, was injured when struc by the door of the truck as it was started. He was hurled against a building at 432 S.

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SCHOOLS IN SHOALS LOSE COMMISSIONS

Employment of Teachers Is Under Dispute.

The State Board of Education this afternoon revoked the commissions of all schools in Shoals following a hearing on methods of employing teachers in that system. State Superintendent of Public Instruction Floyd I. McMurray said the revocation was effective immediately. Both grade and high schools, recessed for the summer vacation, were included. Refusing to specify what particular conditions in the en'ployment of teachers was opposed, Mr. McMurray said: ‘The State Board of Education summonde ‘the School Board of Shoals for a nearing on conditions existing in the school system in that city. This action was taken after many complaints, statements and charges had been filed here over a considerable period of time.” Carl Gray, Princeton attorney, represented the School Board at today's hearing. It was reported that if the schools remained unclassified at the beginning of the fall term pupils might be transferred to other schools. State officials have been conducting an investigation of the Shoals school system for several

MINE BLAST TRAPS THREE, KILLS SEVEN

PITTSTON, Pa. June 3 (U. P.).— Three men still were missing today ‘a mile underground in the Volpe anthracite colliery where an explosion of coal gas killed seven miners yesterday. Emergency crews, endangered hy black damp, aftermath of explosions, were searching, but hope for the safety of Samuel Adonizid, 23, Gus Polick, 43, and Adam Mark, 42, was waning. 8 Of 13 men in the mine at the time of the explosion, two may die of burns. The dead were Alex Glanko, John Clark, John Kovaleski, John Phillips, John Lokuta, Martin Wozniak, and Michael Guzzy.

MERCURY TO GO UP; RAIN DUE TOMORROW

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Gray St. He was taken to Riley Hospital. Ralph Cline, 37, taxi driver, and Miss Helen Smith, 30, of 911 N. Pennsylvania St., were hurt when the cab collided with another car driven by Thomas Woolsey, 1320 N. New Jersey St. at Pennsylvania and St. Clair Sts.

Taxi Driver Arrested

The injured were taken to City Hospital. Cline was arrested for violating a traffic signal. In the roundup of violators, police charged four with driving while drunk, and three with speeding. Vincent Safranek, 44, of 3712 N. Keystone Ave. was arrested on a charge of operating while drunk and reckless driving after a collision at 3940 N. Keystone Ave. with an auto driven by Curtis Springer, 28, of 3906 N. Tacoma Ave. Truman Toon. 57, of 1045 S. State St., was charged with driving while drunk and failing to signal for a turn after his car crashed into a taxi operated by Percy Logsdon, 22, of 1311 E. Michigan St. His car a wreck, Carter Warren. 25, of 3115 Northwestern Ave. was arrested on a charge of driving while drunk after he had hit a pole in the 2900 block Clifton St. Herbert Underwood, 36, of 48 W. St. Joseph St., wrecked his car at White River Blvd. and Kentucky Ave, and was charged with operating while drunk.

Child, 2, Killed “at

Home Near Fowler LAFAYETTE, June 3 (U, P).— Funeral arrangements were being made today for 2-year-old Gordon Garriott, son of Mr. and Mrs. Perry Garriott, who died here yesterday of injuries received when a truck struck him in front of his home

seven and a half miles southwest of Fowler.

LOGANSPORT, June 3 (U. P.).— Robert Haan, 21, of Lafayette, died early today at the Cass County hospital from injuries received in an automobile-motorcycle crash near here Sunday.

EXPLORERS’ PLANE REACHES HONOLULU

HONOLULU, T. H., June 3 (U.P). —Richard Archbold and five fellow explorers arrived here today in their i4-ton airboat, completing the first lap of an unprecedented 6284-mile trans-Pacific flight from San Diego to Dutch New Guinea. The twin-motored plane, largest in private ownership, and outfitted as a flying laboratory at a cost of $250,000, came to a graceful landing at Pearl Harbor at 6:48 a. m. (Indianapolis Time). It took off from San Diego at 12:44 p. m. yesterday

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Works Board Acts on

| City Engineer Henry B. Steeg

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INDIANA PLANS MODEL PRISON

Without Walls, It Would Be Intended to Rehabilitate First Offenders.

Construction of a prison without walls for rehabilitation of firsttime offenders is being planned by the State Welfare Department, Thurman “A, Gottschalk, director, announced today. The building to be erected in southern Indiana on a site owned by the State, is contemplated because of the recent growth of the State's prison population and would be used as a school rather than a penal institution, Mr, Gottschalk said. “Rather than build a series of new cell blocks in some prison, we are planning to make a forward step in prison administration in the hope of rehabilitating convicts for whom there appears to be a chance for the future,” he said. He said cost of the planned construction may reach two million dollars with most of the labor to be furnished by the men who are expected to be assigned to the new institution. It is expected to house 500 prisoners. “The experiment has been conducted in Pennsylvania and New Jersey, and has proved very successful. We have been aware that such an institution has been needed here for a long time,” the director asserted. The 1939 Legislature is to be asked to appoint a commission to study the proposed plan to determine its probable effectiveness, he said. Mr. Gottschalk stated construction would be spread over several years, with temporary housing facilities to be provided for the men engaged in building the proposed institution. “As funds are made available, we shall add additional buildings until we have completed the whole structure ” he said. “It first will be necessary to make a careful check of the prisoners. Only those whose records indicate the possibility of rehabilitation will be permitted to work on, and house, the new institution.”

HEARING ON WATER FIRMS PLAN JUNE 15

$1,270,000 Plant Program To Go Before P. S. C.

“A public hearing on the petition of the Indianapolis Water Co. to launch a $1,270,000 plant improvement program is to be held at the State House June 15, the Indiana Public Service Commission said today. Permission must be received from the Commission before work can be started on the two-year program. Company engineers have cstimated that about 500 men will be given employment: The new program calls for construction of an additional water treatment plant at the Company's Fall Creek station, Keystone Ave. and the Allisonville Road, on land already owned by the Utility, and erection of an elevated tank to maintain a more adequate pressure in the Blue Ridge neighborhood.

LOCAL TRIO INJURED BADLY IN SCRANTON

SCRANTON, Pa. June 3 (U, P). —Three Indianapolis residents were in critical condition at Scranton State Hospital today after their automobile struck a tree at Montrose. Mrs. Elizabeth Hagedus, 37, suffered a possible skull fracture, a daughter, Ann, 18, a possible skull fracture and internal injuries, and Steven Chazar, 19, driver of the automobile, suffered hip and leg fractures,

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BID IS REJECTED

SEWER

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REVISED

Report of Steeg That

Tunneling Under Street Would Save City at Least $50,000.

$225,000 BOND ISSUE MAY BE VOID

New Specifications Will Require Readvertising for Bids; Boetcher Favors Change If Financial Saving Is Result.

The Works Board today, on the recommendation of

, rejected the only bid received

on the proposed $225,000 North Side sewer project. Circumstances under which the action was taken were termed “most unusual” by Board members. Mr. Steeg said he had discovered another way of doing

“save the City from $50,000 to

$70,000,” and would eliminate blocking 38th St.

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The proposed eight and one-half foot diameter sewer would run under 38th St. from

Central Ave. to Fall Creek.

Mr. Steeg said he wished to draw up new specifications which would provide for tunneling under 38th St. instead of cutting into the street surface. This, he maintained, would be cheaper.

Board Members Surprised

Board members expressed sure prise at the swift change in plans, Mr. Steeg’s recommendations came Just'as bids were to be opened. The City already has sold $225,000 worth of bonds to finance the project. However, the City Council failed twice last week to muster the neces sary two-thirds of its membership to appropriate the money at special sessions called for that purpose. Appropriations of the bond issue proceeds now must wait until the Council's regular meeting Monday, City Attorney Michael J. Redding« ton raised the question of whether the change in plans would invali« date the bond issue. He said he bee lieved it would not, but expressed the opinion that any saving result ing would have to be used to help retire the bonds,

Only Bid Unopened

The only bid received today was from Smith & Johnson, bridge contractors, with offices at 1199 Kentucky Ave. It was not opened. However. more than 10 representatives of sewer contractors attended the Works Board session. None of them commented on the action taken, Mr. Steeg recommended that the sewer be constructed by pushing an iron pipe under the street, then pouring reinforced concrete inside this pipe. He explained that this method has been used successfully in other cities. He said he and Mayor Boetcher were to go to Crawfordsville this afternoon to inspect a similar project. Mayor Boetcher said he favored the recommendations if they would mean a saving. Mr. Steeg told the Board that no delay would result from the change in plans since the City Council had failed to appropriate the money. He said about two weeks would be required to print the bonds. Mr. Reddington, howeever, said that the bonds already had been printed.

Lists Savings Possibilities

Mr, Steeg said the saving would | result, because his proposed method | of building the planned sewer would not disturb existing water, gas and sewer connections or streetcar | tracks. He added that money would [be saved on equipment rental, and (on replacement of sidewalks and streets which would be torn up une der the original plans. He said 38th St. would not be blocked under the new plan, because earth removed from the tun nel would be carried out through openings and dumped instead of being piled in the street. After new specifications are come pleted, it will be necessary to ree advertise for bids. Another part of the North Side sewer development which calls for a sewer under 34th St. from Carroliton Ave. to Fall Creek is not affected by today’s action. The Board postponed action on numerous proposed street improve ment projects.

Board Approves Plans For Airport Building

The Works Board today approved plans for a £63,000 two-story hangar and office building at the Municipal Airport to house the new $800,000 Federal aircraft radio experimental | station, | A bond issue of $70,000 for the | project has been sold. Of this $5000 is to be used for acquisition of land and $2000 for architects’ fees. Ernest Frick, Works Board secre tary, said the Board will advertise for bids on the building within a few days and that construction probably will begin within three weeks. ;

Neither Mrs, Hagedus nor Mr. [ed as azar is listed in the India: 1