Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 9 May 1939 — Page 8
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WORKS BOARD GETS BARRETT VOUCHER PLAN
Studies Resolution to Pay Off Bonds Delinquent Through Shortage.
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A resolution authorizing the City Controller to issue certificates of indebtedness to holders of delinquent Barrett Law bonds was taken under advisement by the Works Board today The measure would prepare the wav for the liquidation o fthe Indianapolis Barrett Law fund shortage which has been estimated at $200,000. It was submitted to the board bv Edward H. Knight, City Corporation Counsel. The certificates would constitute payment to the bond holders and would probably be retired out of a James E. Deery, City
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bond Controller,
Talked to State Board
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They would be issued to pa} off have become deresult of the shortage Mr. Knight said that he had conferred with the State Accounts Board in preparing the measure and hat the Board had approved the bv which the certilicates uld be issued his method
shortage
the bonds which linquent as
retiring the has accumulated over two decades through loss of interest payments and other facup by a recent legisto the Barrett
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tors was set lative amendment Law. The law fixed the liability of In1 cities for
of lost
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Star Dust
‘White Dwarfs’ 100,000 Times Heavier Than Water.
Bw Science Service
FT. DAVIS, Tex, May 9.—Two
| remarkable stars made of strange
stuff a hundred thousand times heavier than water are the first major discoveries of the new observatory telescope. The discoveries were announced
by Prof. G. P. Kuiper, who was | searching for heavyweight “suns” |
82-inch
that tax the human imagination, |\
stars so dense that a handful of
their substance weighs hundreds |
of tons, stars made of degenerate gaseous matter or atoms stripped to their hearts.
One of these mysterious “white |
dwarfs,” new to astronomy, is perhaps the most remarkable star ever discovered. It is the faint- | est such star ever found and it is | so close to having no stellar at- | mosphere that there are absoluteIv no lines in its spectrum.
This star. No. W489, is relative- |
Iv cool and only such a powerful | and fast film as used would have detected | it {
photographic |.
CITY MANAGER STUDY SPURRED
Schricker Ready to Name Committeeman: Others Expected to Act.
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Lieut. Gov. Henny his appointment to the City Manager Study Committee despite the fact that the House resolution providing for it was not certified until after the Legislature adjourned. The resolution was certified for enrollment with the 1939 acts by House Clerk Nolan Wright on April 28. seven weeks after the Legislature adjourned. When the lack of first was discovered, several attornevs and legislators questioned the
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F. Schricker | today said he will be willing to make
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validity of certifying any House ac- \\
tion after adjournment. Since then, however, Rep. Howard Batman (D. Terre Haute) said the Attorney General's office, in an unofficial opinion, legal Other members of the study committee are to be appointed by GovTownsend, Speaker of the House James M. Knapp (R. Hagersand the presidents of Pur-
_» due and Indiana Universities.
FARM BUREAU SUES ON TAX EXEMPTION
> Ave
mas, Bureau ed today
the Montgomery
by the the Legislature, wned property valued n dollars would be ex1 property taxation, Mr
passed
of propartv upon s are established would ip on those who
from munici-
HEARING IN HOLDUP SLAYING DUE FRIDAY
hearing on a habeas corpus pe{Ing the release on bail of holdup slaver, 1 Court Fri1eduled to open
ich was filed vesthe 30-vear-old susunlawfully. ho is charged with fatally Edward Maze, West Side n at it In 1937, has r 15 months
8 SCHOOLS TO HAVE MAY DAY FROLICS
Cita give Mav Da) Emil Rath, public education
schools are to month, schools physical
announced to-
grade plays this director, hools and dates of the plays 1 41, Wednesday, School 7» Schools 52, 77 and 88, Ma School 18 on 18th; and Schools 7 and 31, May 19. The plays will be given In connection with the school physical education work.
® Governor Townsend is expected
Speaker Knapp has indicated he and to
will make his appointment appoint Rep
the Junior
a member soon. Batman said he will contact Chamber of Commerce, sponsor of the resolution, to get some action started on the study as soon as possible.”
CUT IN FALL ON STEPS Harold Day Jr suffered two deep cuts on the left cheek vesterday when he feil on the basement steps at his home. He was treated at City Hospital and sent home | Tg
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