Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 March 1939 — Page 7

DRIVING SAVES LIVES OF 8300

Safety Council Reports on 16-Month Traffic Record; Indiana Improves.

CHICAGO, March 30 (U. P).— Safer driving on the nation’s streets and highways has “saved” 8900 lives during 16 months of unbroken traffic improvement, the National Safety Council reported today. February was the 16th consecutive month in which there were fewer traffic deaths than during the corresponding month of the previous year—an all-time highway safety record for the United States. The period of improvement began in November, 1937. Indiana showed a drop of 14 per cent, or 22 fewer deaths, the Council said. A council survey showed there were 1810 traffic deaths in February—250 less than the total for February, 1938. The combined January and February fatality totals were the lowest for those months since 1933. During those two months there was a cumulative sav=ing of 460 lives.

28 States Cut Fatalities

The council reported that 28 of the 42 states which reported for either one or two months reduced their highway fatalities in January and February. Wyoming led the safety parade with a 69 per cent decrease, followed by New Hampshire with a 67 per cent drop. New York saved the most lives—83, and Texas was next with 54. All sections of the country except the Pacific Coast states, which had a 5 per cent increase, showed a decrease in traffic deaths so far this year. The Mountain States had the greatest proportional decrease, 22 per cent. Deaths in Eastern states dropped 17 per cent, South Central 14 per cent, North Central 8 per cent and Atlantic 2 per cent. Cities in the 250,000 to 500,000, population group made the greatest reduction in traffic deaths, 19 per cent. Of the 419 reporting cities, 284 had no deaths in February.

Milwaukee’s Record Best

For January and February, Milwaukee showed the best safety record among cities or more than 500,000 population. Its death rate per 100,000 population was 7.0. St. Louis and Boston were next in that order with rates of 8.7 and 9.1. Kansas City led cities with more] than 250,000 population with a 70 per cent decrease in fatalities during those two months. Memphis and Providence, R. I, tied for second | with 67 per cent decreases. For the same period, New York City led in number of lives saved with 30. Chicago and Kansas City saved 14 lives. Of the 414 cities reporting for both months, 224 had no deaths. Wichita, Kas., with a population of 117,600, was the largest city with no deaths for the two months.

14 Lives Saved in Indiana

Providence had its first death of the year in February, but maintained the safety leadership among cities in the 250,000 to 500,000 population group with a two-month rate of 2.3. Louisville and Memphis remained in second and third place, respectively. . States showing improvements in their traffic death record, their percentage of decrease and lives saved: Wyoming, 69 per cent decrease, 9 lives saved; New Hampshire, 67 (12); | Nevada, 50 (3); North Dakota, 43 (3); Kentucky, 38 (38); South Dakota, 36 (5); Minnesota, 30 (23); Montana (x) 30, (3); Utah, 27 (8); New York, 24 (83); Kansas, 24 (17); Arizona, 24 (9); Tennessee, 23 (23); West Virginia, 22 (13); Georgia (x), 21 (15); Arkansas, 21 (12); Texas, 19 (54): Washington, 19 (13); Colorado, 19 (7); Nebraska, 18 (6); Connecticut, 16 (8); Indiana, 14 (22); New Jersey, 13 (17); Virginia, 8 (8); Maryland, 8 (5); Michigan, 7 (12); New Mexico (x), 7 (1); Illinois, 1 (5). Maine and Rhode Island, no change. (x)—January record only.

Forgiven

Youth Owes Freedom To Stepfather

He Blinded.

UFFALO, N. Y., March 30 (U. ) P.).—Kenneth M. Query, 20, owed his freedom today to his stepfather, Andrew Turney, whom he had blinded during a domestic quarrel. Mr. Turney went before the : Grand Jury and explained that the quarrel had been partly his fault. He had protested, he said, when Mrs. Turney disturbed his sleep by talking loudly to her son, who is hard of hearing. His protest angered Query, who threw a. glass bowl that struck him in the face, injurying his eye, which later had to be removed. He had lost the other eye in an accident a few months earlier. : “He really is a good boy,” Mr. Turney said. “He just lost his temper. We all do that. I don’t want the boy to go to jail. He has just learned that he will soon be called back to work.” The Grand Jury dismissed the case. >

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THURSDAY, MARCH 20, 1939 MORE CARE IN |Hoosier Grinds To Grind Away Again After 8 Years

THE

St. Henry’s grindstone industry,

It Used to Be Good Business, So St. Henry Man Plans A ‘Big Revival.’

Times Special ST. HENRY, Ind, March 30—A once thriving industry of this little town—the manufacture of grindstones—is to be revived. More than 60 years ago, the Buetel brothers, Ben and Hammond, hit upon a scheme of utilizing an outcropping of sandstone which “spoiled” a part of their farm. Cutting out squares of the stone, they rigged up a giant lathe and began turning out grindstones, using eight or 10 horses. hitched to a sweep as power. Business Was Good The business flourished for years. Forty-five years ago, Henry Lindauer joined the firm, and later he was followed by J. B. Luebbers, St. Henry’s blacksmith. Eventually Mr. Lindauer and Mr. Luebbers became owners of the business. Then, about eight years ago, Mr.

last eight years, soon is to be revived. Henry Lindauer, the owner, displays (left) the only grindstone

Luebbers retired, and that left the town without a blacksmith. And you can’t run a grindstone plant. without a blacksmith to sharpen the tools every few minutes. Mr. Lindauer could have imported a blacksmith from another town, but his health wasn’t good, so he just closed the business. Now. with his health restored, he is preparing to start over again. The industry will give employment to half a dozen or so of Dubois County’s . workers. Instead of horsepower, Mr. Lindauer is rigging up a thrashing machine motor to operate the lathe. : Here’s How In the manufacturing process, the heavy block of stone, cut square, is mounted on the lathe. Then it is started revolving slowly. Two men, one on each side, carefully. chip off the corners with sharp pointed tools, until the stone become perfectly round and ready for shipment. The turning job requires alertness. Sometimes the corners chip off and the heavy chunks of stone go flying, while the workers dodge. One of the principal troubles of the industry is that grindstones last too long. The average farmer buys only one in a lifetime. Another is that the stones’ weight make it unprofitable to ship them at any great distance, thus limiting the market.

But Mr. Lindauer has some ideas about these handicaps.

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those cut eight years ago. The

stones are made from sandstone mined in Mr. Lindauer’s quarry (right). :

Dice Game,

With Gun Blast

Police today held on charges of shooting within the City limits,

Anderson Gray, 42, of 706 Blake St., after a barrage of shotgun pellets’

smashed windows at 530-32 Indiana Ave., last night.

Gray told police, they said, that he lost $25 in a dice game, asked for his money, and was refused. He went home and got his 12-gauge shotgun and returned “to see about things,” police said. : He fired two rounds of ammunition against the building, drove to Illinois and Ohio Sts., and turned the gun over to police patroling that district, according to the reports.

Police raided the establishment

{following the shooting and arrested

Gene Lamb, 42, of 109 Blake St, and Norman Riley, 50, of 2630 Paris

Lucky Day

Chance Meeting With ‘Mother Means Wealth.

HE oo, Cal, March 30 (U. P)—Mrs. Robert H. Moore, 38, wife of a Tucson, Ariz, railroad man, today said she had been left a share in a 11 million dollar estate through a chance meeting with her mother, whom she had not seen since she was 9 years old. Her mother, Mrs. Roselyn K. Perkins, died in England Jan. 2. Mrs. Moore said she was in the Cortez Hotel in El Paso, Tex, about a year ago when she heard a woman talking. Se believed the voice resembled that of the mother she had not seen since her parents separated. A mutual friend introduced them and she took Mrs. Perkins for a car ride,

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“yg HADN'T told her who I was, but I was sure she was my mother,” Mrs. Moore recalled. “I was talking abput my childhood days in' Philadelphia and she asked if I was born there. I said, ‘No, mother, I was born at sea. When we were sure of our relationship she told me she had tried for years to locate me under my maiden name of Doris Burke.”

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TAXRULINGHITS MANY HOOSIERS

{1000 in Capital, Several

Hundred in State May Pay Gross Levy.

Times Special : WASHINGTON, March proximately 1000 Indiana employed by the Federal Government here, as well as several hundred Federal employes in the state, will be required to pay the Indiana gross income levy if it is made to apply to them in accordance with the latest ruling of

the Supreme Court. The Court ruled out reciprocal tax exemptions in New York and Utah cases yesterday. Included in the new taxpayers would be Senators VanNuys and

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