Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 22 February 1939 — Page 2

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ree Textbook Bill

To Advance in House As Probers Report

G. 0. P. Committee Members to Attack Present ‘Adoption Method; Opposition Reported Developing to Weiss Teachers’ Pay Proposal.

As Republican members of the Senate Textbook Investigation Committee today prepared to return a report attacking present book adoption

h methods,

the House was expected to advance to second reading its bill

to require school authorities to furnish free books to pupils. mo also was reported developing to’ a bill introduced by Senator Jacob Weiss (D. Indianapolis) and now awaiting second read-

ing in the House which educators distributing State funds to pay teach

"As originally introduced this bill®

was designed to provide for State payments to local school units quarterly instead of semiannually. An amendment was inserted in the measure before it passed the Senate, however, to require that elementary schoolteachers ‘must be paid st the wage level of high school teachers if ther professional trainjng is the same or the State would deny its aid of $700 a year per teacher. ha Opposition Forms

‘Opponents to the bill said that most local school corporations would be unable to comply with this provision and would lose the State gid. It was pointed out that while the quarterly distribution would ease the condition of the State treasury, it would throw the school units five months behind in receiving their State aid. ; The Senate Textbook Investigation Committee is expected to hold ts final meeting today and to submit its report. While nine charges are listed in the report to be submitted by Republicans, Democratic committee members are expected to return separate finding to the effect that committee hearings did mot substantiate charges that text- . book adoption in Indiana constituted 4 “racket.” * ‘Senator Thurman A. Biddinger (R. Marion), a member of the Committee, said he would introduce a joint resolution in the Senate today dealing with textbooks adoptions. This resolution will propose selection of a committee of six Senators and six Representatives to study Indiana school laws and to propose a codification of all statutes on this subject to the 1941 Legislature. The resolution also would direct the State Board of Education to post- . pone the book adoption scheduled for 1941 to a date not earlier than Jan. 1, 1942,

Lane Drafts Report

. ~The report of Republican members of the Senate Textbook Investization Committee was prepared hy Senator O. Bruce Lane (R. Bainbridge), Committee chairman.

“*It charges that textbooks have peen changed oftener than necessary or advisable, that book recomraendations of teachers were followed by the State Board of Education in only slightly more than 50 per cent of the cases and that textbooks frequently were adopted to divide business among various companies rather than on merit. _Present adoption methods, the G. O. P. report said, often result in a destruction of continuity of subject and impose uncessary handicaps upon pupils. Dealing with testimony taken: during committee hearings, this report stated that members of the ion consulted

opinion, Textbook \Attacked

_ The text “Adventures in Appreciation” also was attacked in the report as being “immoral and profane.” This same book produced a heated floor fight in the House several weeks ago. : The report also will state that a majority of the present members of the State Board of Education agree that under the present setup an unscrupulous Governor might exercise great power and influence over the board. The House Education Committee is to return a unanimously favorable report on the House bill to re_guire school authorities to furnish free textbooks to public elementary and high school pupils. A favorable report also was to be returned by the committee on the House bill to enable cities of more than 30,000 population to establish junior colleges. Under its provisions, the State would pay the

same teachers’ aid to faculty mem- |.

bers in these colleges that it now pays to teachers in public grade and high schools. While committee members said

they favored a House measure to|

require the teaching of safety in all elementary grades, final action was delayed in order to write in clarifying amendments to the biil. present a safety course is taught in the eighth grades.

Calls for Local Tax Levy

Under terms of the free textbook bill, books would be purchased by & local property tax levy, and the purchases would be staggered during the next five years so as vot to place a large increase on the property tax rates.

For the school year of 1940-41,{

school authorities would buy free texts for grades one, two and nine; during the 1941-42 school year for grades three, four and 10, for 194243 for grades five, six and 11 and during 1943-44 for grades seven, eight and 12. “It will actually cost the people less if free texts are provided since the book dealers will not be able to take a profit if purchases are made ... by the school corporations,” Rep. ‘Clifford Funderburg (R. Huntington) said, B

Pupils Not to Keep Books

“ Oupfter this system once gets]

started there will be very little cost, since these books can be renovated and used year after year. As it is

~ An amendment was decided upon to provide specifically that the

‘books werev to revert back to the

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claim would wreck the system of ers’ salaries.

become the property of the pupils at the end of the school year. Committee members also said school superintendents would have to be particularly careful . to see that ks were thoroughly fumigated efore they were redistributed to jpupils to lessen the danger of the spread of communicable diseases.

New Harmony Measure Studied After Hearing

The House Ways and Means Committee today considered the House bill to continue the New Harmony Memorial Commission after the history of this settlement was traced at a public hearing last night. Establishment of the community in pioneer days as an experiment in social organization was described by Ross F. Lockridge, Bloomington. He characterized Robert Dale Owen, son of the leader of the movement, as Indiana’s most illustrious son and savior of the State’s educational system. | Mrs. Frederick G. Balz, former president of the Indiana Federation of Women’s Clubs, pointed out to the committee that New Harmony was the first American community to give women equal educational and property rights. | The first women’s club in the world was organized in New Harmony in 1825, she said. : “We should give our people something ‘beautiful and worth while,” Mrs. Bertha Crosley Ball, Muncie, said. “I wish ' Abraham Lincoln’ was here tonight to plead this cause. He was a man of vision. We do not wanf to see oil derricks and commercialism in New Harmony.” In addition to continuing the Memorial Commission, the measure also would appropriate funds to purchase historical buildings in the town and restore them.

SWITCH PRISONS IN FEAR OF LYNCHING

Claim Confession in Killing Of Illinois Farmer.

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- MORRIS, Ill, Feb. 22 (U. P).— Sheriff's deputies hurriedly removed Elvin Wood, 37, from the county jail today a few hours after he allegedly confessed he killed Abner Nelson, 38, a wealthy farmer. Mr. Nelson was his closest friend,

lodge brother and former schoolmate. . The news spread quickly through the community. When men began gathering in front of the jail, Sheriff H. J. Hoyt ordered Wood removed to the State Penitentiary at Joliet in fear attempts would be made to lynch him. Mr. Nelson was a bachelor, the son of a wealthy retired Morris farmer. He lived alcne in a modern bungalow on a 150-acre farm four miles north of Morris. He disappeared Sunday and it had been feared he had been kidnaped. . Wood, also a farmer, is well known throughout the county. He was arrested yesterday after neighbors reported they had seen his automobile parked near Mr. Nelson’s home Sunday.

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BUDGET SESSION]

TO HEAR STIVER

SPEAK ON SLASH

Afternoon and Night Meetings Are Arranged by House Group.

Don FP. Stiver, State Director of Public Safety, was to appear before the House Ways and Means Committee at 2 p. m. today to speak on proposed budget reductions in his department’s expenses tor the next biennium. The committee is considering the $84,801,416 budget bills which now

call for 10 per cent cuts in State |

department salaries. In its first session Tuesday the Committee sliced $378,128 from the appropriation bill. Yesterday the committee voted to move a dozen minor bills out on the House floor to clear the way for this afternoon’s budget session and another at 7:30 p. m. Mr. Stiver was to have appeared yesterday but the committee requested that he speak today instead. Reductions already made in the measure include a $200,000 slash from a requested $500,000 appropriation for a deficiency emergency operating expense fund for State institutions and a $50,000 cut from the Governor's emergency contingent fund. A 10 per cent decrease in the equipment appropriations for State institutions was approved. Other actions included 10 per cent reductions in the salaries of the first and second secretaries of Governor Townsend and a $29,928 decrease in the operating expense and capital outlay of the State Fire Marshal's Department.

House Debate Expected

Over Roads Report

Debate was expected to develop in the House today over the split report of the Roads Committee on the House measure to reorganize the State Highway Commission. A majority of the Committee -will return a favorable report while a minority, composed of Democrats, will ask that the bill be killed. This bill would set up a bipartisan commission of four members and place all employees on the merit system. The commission now is composed of two Democratic and one Republican member. The committee is to report out a Senate bill requiring certificates of title for taxicabs to be of a different color from those of passenger cars. As amended in committee, this measure also would prohibit used car dealers from tampering with the speedometers of automobiles unless they set these indicators back to Zero.

Favorable Report Due | On Township Bill

A House hill designed to prevent the division of existing townships into units smaller than 24 square miles was to be reported out favorably today by the House County and Township Business Committee. An amendment was written in by the committee to provide that all new townships must have . an assessed valuation of $200,000. Explaining that this measure was designed to correct the practice of dividing up existing’ townships, Harry Miesse, Indiana Taxpayers’ Association executive secretary, said: “There have been three or four cases recently where townships have been divided. Usually this action is taken as a result of school fights. “At a time when people are talking about consolidating townships in the interest of governmental economy this bill is designed to halt a bad practice that is now growing up. If this practice isn't halted we will have a big increase in the number of townships in the next few years.” Members of the Township Trustees Association, who attended the committee hearing yesterday, said they favored this measure.

FIND WABASH FARMER DEAD WABASH, Feb. 22 (U. P.) —Linc Baer, 51, farmer near here, was found dead early today with a shot-

gun wound ‘in his chest. He had

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City Drug Salesman and Wife Die When Train Strikes Auto.

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Mrs. Lilian Nelson of Beech Grove. Mr. and Mrs. Morris had no children. Mrs. Lucille Lee, 30, of 944 East Drive, Woodruff Place, received lacerations when the guto her husband, Dewey Lee, 40, was driving hit a parked truck in the 200 block of N. Beville Ave., according .to police. Carl Rice, 23, of 862 Roach St. was treated at City Hospital for broken ribs received when his car collided with a taxicab driven by William Ashcraft, 49, of 1743 Hall Place at 16th St. and Northwestern Ave. j ’ Mr. Ashcraft was arrested on a

light.

Nickel Plate Official

Injured in Crash

FRANKFORT, Feb. 22 (U. P.).— John D. Lidesy, 65, official of the Nickel Plate Railroad in Frankfort, was in critical condition in a hospital today following an automobile accident in which three other Nickel Piste employees were bruised and cut. - ne Mr. Lidesy, superintendent of stations, was driving to Tipton to attend a conference when his automobile skidded, left the road and turned a somersault in a wood at the roadside, landing on its top. In the car were A, C. Bennett, road foreman, and Fred Reese, both of Frankfort, and A. M. McFarland, Bloomington, Ill. Their injuries were not serious.

South Bend Woman = Is Killed by ‘Auto. $

SOUTH BEND, Feb. 22 (U. P.) — Mrs. Alice Dippert, 80, became Souih Bend’s first traffic fatality of the year yesterday when she was struck

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‘Rainbows’ Wait Feast’s ‘Zero Hour’

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Twenty-one years ago - Hoosier soldiers under the ‘command of Maj. Gen. Robert H. Tyndall, moved into front line: trenches somewhere in France for the first time. Tonight, at the Indianapolis Athletic Club, surviving members of the 150th Field Artillery under Gen. Tyndall's command that eventful day during the World War, will banquet in honor of the General and of Daniel I, Glossbrenner, a member of the command and present . president of the Rainbow National Association.

DR. ELLIOTT SPEAKS TO PURDUE ALUMNI

Education in the Philippines was described by Dr. E. C. Elliott, president of Purdue University, at the luncheon today at the Severin Hotel of the Purdue Alumni Association of Indianapolis. Special guests were graduates and former students of Purdue who are members of the ‘Indiana Assembly. Dr. Elliott returned recently from the Philippines where he conferred 11 weeks with the Board of Regents at the University of the Philippines on a reorganization plan for the school. *

GIRL SHOOTS THREE FOXES IN FORTNIGHT

BLANFORD, Mass, Feb. 22 (U. P.).—Janet Ogden, 18, jeers at sportsmen who need dogs to hun foxes. . The hilltop hamlet huntress shot three foxes within a fortnight.

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Ash Wednesday.

Lent began in Indianapolis: today

The Rt. Rev. Richard Ainslie

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day, beginning at 12:10 p. m. and prec:ded by a 15-minute organ recital, Many Catholic churches celebrated en 8 a. m. mass. - There will be mgsses at 8 o'clock tonight at SS. Peter and Paul Cathedral and at. 7:45 at St. John’s, ~ The first midweek Lenten service

at Friedens Evangelical and Reformed Church, Parkway Ave. and S. Alabama St., will be at 7:45 p, m. tomorrow. The Rev. Robert C. Kuebler has chosen “The Choice of His Enemies” at the sermon.

REP. M'CURDY IS ILL LA PORTE, Feb. 22 (U. P.).—Rep. J. Earl McCurdy (D. La PorteStarke) was in critical condition at his home today from an attack of

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