Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 15 May 1939 — Page 2

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THE INDIANAPOLIS TIMES *

WINSHIP CALLS | ‘Where Dog Race Fans Will Watch—If | SLUM PROGRAM |

FOR SPEEDUP IN

STREET REPAIR

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This grandstand will seat fans at the new dog | by a track on Road 67 east » MeCordsville=if the track | owners decide to send the grevhounds after the

mechanical rabbit “he track is being completed |

LU WILL BUILD NYA Workers Spruce Up 4 DORMITORIES Many Par ks Quer State i. mum

2 For Men, 2 for Wornen to Double Facilities for Housing Students

completing their winter benches and | director, said today | The youths, supervised by NYA officials, also are installing tennis,| {baseball and handball courts in a} few of the parks, | Many city parks and recreation spots are being landscaped and housing facilities eouinped with sandpiles, teeter-tote will be more than doubled at In- ters and swings diana University, officials said In Terre Haute, 100 hove ne 3 s tudent resi a WOrk in eight parks, building shelday. Four new student residence ES golf courses and. picnic will under construction tanjes and doing landscaping and was announced grading ories, two men Footpaths are being cleared in the are expected Kokomo City Park, and a log cabin ready for occupancy by the {s being surroun

school semester year. wall. All equipment in the park is provide housing for being painted by the NYA. . Not onl More than 100 park benches have Ss NOU oni 3 " been repaired and repainted in the rerowded housing Bl uffton City park. Tennis courts been built and drainage tile beene placed about the baseball diamonds The Gary City Park lake has been dredged for sand to fill the sandboxes and shuffleboard courts have been built Buildings in Beulah Park in Alexdria are being remodeled and re-

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constructed on an island. The island | nded by a cobblestone |

corporation Hancock County authorities said they heard rumors that dog races would be run stop any attempts to _conduet paris “mutuel betting.

“EXPECTED TOBE COUNCIL TOPIC

Weod to Introduce Subject Following Suggestion to | City by Straus.

City Council was expected to discuss prospects of bringing a slum i | clearance program here at its

| meeting tonight. The City was offered a program [by Nathan Straus, U. 8. Housing | Administrator, who visited here last (week Joseph G. Wood, Council president, said he would ask members to consider advisability of launch ing a program | Meanwhile, Council Democrats were reported to be organizing to thwart any further attempt of the Republican minority to force members to accept responsibility for | new ordinances, | In a surprise move last meet- | ing, the Republicans, headed by Harmon A. Campbell, threatened | frustrate introduction of new

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them. Although Democrats had defeated a formal proposal that this procedure be adopted only two]

A group of about 1200 National Youth Administration workers are ! { ¢ work of painting, tables for the parks " the state, Robert S. Richey,

weeks before, three majority party | members signed ordinances they in- | troduced | An ordinance to restrain gamblers from hanging around hotel! lobbies was expected to be reported favorably out of committee. Two measures, authorizing purchase of gasoline and coal for the Works Board, and prohibiting obstructions near street intersections will come up for Second Tending.

SCHOOLMEN TOHEAR PROFESSOR BRYAN

An average of only 2090 persons | received weekly unemployment in. | surance checks in the Indianapolis! area during April, the Indiana Unemployment Compensation Division announced today. The number receiving weekly benefits last month comprised only 2.2 per cent of the approximately 137. 000 insured workers in the district, according to Lester Kassing, local manager

repairing and building new state

JOBLESS FUNDS DRAWN BY 2990

Only 2.2 Per Cent of Area's Insured Got Weekly Checks in April.

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William Lowe Bryan, emeritus of Indiana University, will deliver one of the principal ad(dresses at the Indiana Schoolmen's Club at the Claypool Hotel next Saturday A panel pupils for

president

on training citizenship and community life will be lead by John Sembower, director of Public relaIndiana State Teacher's Col-

discussion

tions, Claims paid in the area March averaged 4240 weekly

during lege

Participants will include Ralph

Named Editor

Thomas Mayhill, son of State Representative Beit B. Mayhill, Delphi Journal publisher, has been named managing editor of the Daily Illini, student publication at the University of Illinois. He will serve during the 1939-40 school year, Mr. Mayhill is a junior and a member of Beta Theta Pi fraternity.

GURTISS ENGINEER INSPEGTS ALLISON

Donald R. Berlin, chief engineer of the Curtiss Aeroplane Division of the Curtiss Wright Corp, made an inspection visit at the Allison Engineering Co. today. Mr. Berlin, a native Hoosier, motored to Indianapolis from Brook,

|Ind., his home town, last night, and [was to stay tonight with his mother

here, Mrs. Maude Berlin, 4016 N,

Illinois St, He planned to inspect the new 12-cylinder,

Mr. Berlin designed the new attack plane for the U, S. Army. The Alli- | son plant soon is to begin an ex- | pansion program to permit scheduled production of 800 of the liquidcooled motors to equip the P-40s.

1200-horse power Alli- | son warplane motor around which

'SECURITIES GROUP | WILL MEET MAY 27 |

Times Special LAKE WAWASEE, May 15.—Mil-

| ton E. Ladish of Indianapolis,

' | United Securities Co. of Missouri

[general agent, will be in charge of the company's regional convention here May 27-30.

|ern Illinois, Michigan, Ohio and In-

Indianapolis.

MONDAY, MAY 15, 1939

More than 100 agents {rom north- |

diana will attend, including 15 from |

New Shipment! Slacks, Play Suits, Sports Togs, Farmerettes and 3-pc. ‘shorts. Suitable for any purpose-—-week-end outings, picnics.

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An average of 18.720 persons received weekly benefits in Indiana last month. The number of insured workers is 670.000 Last month's weekly payments contrasted

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ON MOTHER'S DAY it) colicse

dormitories PUTNAM KIDNAPING will be the club's last meeting

Beech Hall until Oct. 25, Ralph N. Tirey, presi-

COMMANDER NAMED Scemore Hall cfficinls sai GR, SO, ee TO U.S. S. VINCENNES

RED HOT AND COLD GTON

Noyver, dean at Ball State TeachCollege; Frank E. Allen, superintendent of South Bend schools; Virgil Stinebaugh, assistant superintendent of Indianapolis schools, and Harold Spears, director of research land secondary education, Evans-| | ville schools

other residence halls on the camPus, a id he exteriors will be nie Indiana limes | Similas AlL at Washington, tor svisses] Bedford, Attica, yeh < 1a to Shelbyville, New Ui ds will Greensburg. project 1» \

ted, sidewalks constructed and tables and benches built work is being completed Tipton, Oaktown, Clinton, Brazil, Albany and

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Four ladies whose combined ages total 342 years but are young enough LOS ANGELES, May 15 (U, P)— tO croquet, were entertained

F. D. R. TO ENTERTAIN Police today hunted two men who yesterday for Mother's Day at the

asked directions to George Palmer home of Mrs. Roscoe Hartley, 1507

GOVERNORS JUNE 28 Putnam's nome Friday night and Hoefgen St

who fitted the publisher's descrip-| Mrs. Anna Beatty, 90; Mrs.

Uphouse, 84, and Mrs tion of the men he said kidnaped ; y :

Wainscot, 86, are cousins and live held him prisoner more than together at 421 Fifth St. Seymour. hours

They are Mr. Hartley's great aunts. | A filling station attendant two 3 S. Hartley's grandmother, Mrs blocks from the Putnam home said ‘\ n° Shackle, 82, of 1608 Bradbury hs 1 ; : tian Ave, is the last of the quartet men drove into his station " ' Lg Se ’ 3 They atten ohn's Eva 4 before m. and inquired y ded John's Evangelical to Ar Putnam's house

and Reformed Church and then had noe. Ars ‘ . , dinner at the Hartley home v ED . > be Mie nF Mr. Putnam said he was kidnaped |. rk State since or anization ¢ the | con after 7 p. m

body In 1805, als Il include a tri ; AY 1 ig will nol Nit MPT He said he thought the men kidNA Aes MIMWAY haped him and left him bound and

to the United Stat HARVARD AWARD tend = Ba oa 1gged in a vacant house at Bakers. AVAILABLE IN STATE a {, 180 miles from Hollywood, be-

use he recently published an antiNazis novel Putnam denied with a display of eat that his account of Kidnaping

LOST JEWELS FOUND 1ad been a publicity stunt in beCAT HOME OF OWNER bet of nis book

al 1d Hall play NEW YORK, May 15 (U. P.).— Sunday before last New York had its hottest May 7 in history—88 degrees, Yesterday the temperature hit the lowest point for May 14 since 1888-408 at 2 a. m,

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of a « pleas judge of Dela ware County, Pennsylvania, drove : 10 Philadelphia last Friday intent] BUENOS AIRES. May 15 (U P.. dn putting $10,000 worth of jew-!_one person was killed and severa in a safe deposit box. When wounded, three seriously, yesterday reached in her handbag for the when shots were fired in the crowd jewels they were not there. Police witnessing a preliminary to a footund them yesterday-—in a bureal pall match. Police began an in at the McDade home [vestigation to determine the cause of

car the shooting.

OBLIGING POSTMAN puummses ‘MINDS’ CHILDREN

WINCHESTER. Va. P.) —Claude Grove, Rurs livery postman, disclosed today he is Pop lar more reasons than the Jett he brings his customers Mr. ‘Grove said he “often” stops off along route to nd babies while their mothers go to the store Modern highways” give him ample time, he expiaii red

8TH DISTRICT LEGION OPPOSED TO PENSIONS

NEW ALBANY, May 15 (U.P) — e¢ Eighth District of the Indiana Americ an Legion today was on recas opposed to pensions for war veterans It refused to indorse a resolution which originated in the 11th state Legion district which favored pensions for veterans

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