Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 12 July 1939 — Page 6
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CITY ‘CAN TAKE’ LOSS IN TAXES
DEERY ASSERTS
Stresses Need for Economy After $380,000 Cut in Revenue Is Predicted.
“The City can absorb its share of
a predicted $380,000 loss in 1939 tax collections,” James E. Deery, City Controller, said today. | “That loss means that all depart- |
Harness Maker, Glum at Vanishing Trade, Happy in Reunion With Sisters
ments will have to be more economs | |
foal for the next six moths, which | we can do with no particular difficulty,” he said.
At the same time Albert Koesters, |§
chief deputy Marion County Treas-| urer, said he saw no reason Why!
collections should go above the 3. §
per cent delinquent rate averaged in the past few years.
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Everything Would Be Fine If He Only Knew Date Of His Birth.
By LEO DAUGHERTY Frank M. Dersch, who had been a little gloomy for years because of the demise of the harness making business, was happy no end again today because he had seen his two sisters for the first time in 69 years. But there's just one thing still
[disturbing Mr. Dersch, who is 85-—
he's sure of that much—and that's the exact date of his birth “because I'd like to have a birthday celebration. He thought he might learn that date while visiting his sisters, Mrs, Dorothy Wellner, 82, of Manistee, Mich, and Mrs, Julia Kushnak, 76, of Muskegon Heights, Mich, but they couldn't help him much,
One of 10 Children “You see,” he said, sitting in his
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JUNE FIRE LOSS IN CITY LOWEST FOR 26 YEARS
Kennedy Supplements Reports Which Have Been
The City's $2500 fire loss during June was the lowest monthly loss in 26 vears, Fire Chief Kennedy said today. Although the Fire Department did not keep monthly loss reports before 1022, the Chief and other “old-timers” said it was the lowest loss period mn their memory. A
galvage corps fireman who has been with the Department 25 years said he knew of no loss as low, June of 1038 showed a fire loss of $10,684 and in some months in the past it has neared the $60,000 mark, Department records show,
HOOSIERS FACE WPA
SLICE AFTER RULING!
BSOUTH BEND, Ind, July 12 (U. P) =A drastic slash in WPA employment in St, Joseph County loomed today as the result of a decision by Superior Court Judge J, Elmer Peak that township trustees cannot legally finance WPA projects with poor relief funds unless the projects are in the respective townships, Glenn W. Thompron, County Au ditor, sald today he would stop payment immediately on relief funds for financing projects not located in the townships where such funds were collected, It was believed that employment on the two major County projects, | improvement of roads and improve ment of the airport, would be slashed immediately,
Last week Judge Peak ruled that | payment of $6.75 per person from
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Chamber of Commerce report stat. ing that collections for 1939 will fall approximately $380,000 short of amounts anticipated when units prepared their budgets for this year. The County has shown a delin-| quency rate of 3 per cent or less for the past several years. Mr, Koesters
who has recently been in Chicago |
where he spent two weeks studying the collection there, said Chicago's delinquency rate was 38 per cent. Mr. Deery stated that a detailed study of collections for each of the City departments had been made] and “we know how much each unit will be short.”
Stresses Economizing
A reduction, he said particularly | would mean economizing in special appropriations. There was a slight possibility, he added, that collections in the fall would ‘make up" the predicted shortage. The City operates on the theory that 51 per cent of taxes are collected in May and 49 per cent in November. As an example of what the de-| partments must do, he cited that all| of them took a 10 per cent reduc- | tion in their appropriations in or | uary when the City received less in | gas tax funds. Departmental budgets are now being prepared for submission to the | Controller within a month or two. | Mr. Deery said that after they are| all in, he and the Mayor will trim | them to the necessary limits,
Would Hit Parks Hard
A reduction will hurt some de-| partments more than others, he said. A. C. Sallee, Parks superin- | tendent, said that any reduction in| funds would harm his department | particularly. Since 1929 the Park | department has been receiving an annual cut, he said, while at the] same time the public has demanded | greater service, There is the possibility, he stated, that he will have to ask for more money to continue to Yperate) through the year.
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PALISADE, N. J, July 11 U. P).— A “human slave market” specialzing in “lonely hearts” opens at Palisades Amusement Park today if the law doesn't interfere. Prosecutor John J. Breslin of Bergen County said any person conducting such & market would be arrested immediately, but promoters asserted it was entirely legal. Park proprietors said prospective brides and grooms to be placed on the auction block would include Chuck Robinson, 37, a cowboy from Pueblo, CHlo.; Marion Graves, 85, of Akron, O., who wants to marry a professional man with a $15.00 annual income in order to care for a sick aunt, Jean Edwards, 27, of Philadelphia, who wants a husband who'll provide a home in the country. “Many are willing to marry anyone for certain sums of money,” the promoters announced. “Others have money and are seeking mates with certain quaiitications.”
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Mishawaka Member Again Heads Association as Convention Ends.
¢ | trade, | en school when I was 14 and two
vears later IT decided to leave home in Flatow, East Prussia, for America, “I tried to look up mv birth rec-
lord, but found it had been on file lin a church which had burned down, 11860 I left [learning the exact date when I was
for Milwaukee without horn, “My sisters told me it was in March, but that didn’t do me much good. 1 can't have a birthday celebration every day in March to make sure that I celebrate the right day.” He resumed work on the leather pocketbooks which he now makes, The old harness maker can't abandon the fascinating feel of fine leather and still insists on practicing his skill with the needle, Harness Shop Destroyed “Harness making?” he repeated, “1 never quit thinking of it, but right now the thing I'm thinking about most is that glorious visit with my sisters I hadn't seen since 1 left Germany. Surely, we knew where each other was all the time, but
Officers of District 12, Order of |Ahepa, today took office following | the organization's annual conven- | tion which closed its three-day meeting last night with a banquet and dance at the Claypool Hotel,
Re-elected were Milton Kourbetis, | Mishawaka, district governor, and Perry Giloumbakis, Anderson, Stee | retary. New officers are Tom De- | [menegas, Gary, lieutenant-gover- | nor, and George Geroulis, Indianapolis, treasurer,
Yesterday's business session was addressed by V. I. Chebhidis of Washington, D. C., supreme president, and V. A. Nomikos, Chicago, vice president. The convention | voted a resolution of thanks to| Governor Townsend, Mayor Sulli-| van, Chief Morrisey, Paul V. Mc-| Nutt, the Indianapolis Convention Bureau and the Indianapolis newspapers. Mayor Sullivan addressed the convention on its opening day, and Lieut, Gov. Schricker delivered [Townsend's greetings, Mr. McNutt, | a member of Ahepa, wired his, greetings and expressions of regret that he was unable to attend the
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| Ahepa is a patriotic organization of Greek-Americans, the full title | of which is American Hellenic Bducational Progressive Association. Hammond, Ind. was selected as the site of next year's convention.
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never had opportunity to visit each other.” Mr. Dersch established a harness shop in Milwaukee and it prospared until 1908 when it and valuable equipment and stock was destroyed. He came here to build up one of the largest harness making businesses in the city, Then came the automobile and trucks. In one corner of the shop stood | the stitching machine at which he had sat for years sewing his masterpieces, At tool tables were the ereasing machine, stitching knives, On| shelves were boxes of snaffles, | harness buckles, glistening brass | harness parts which will never be used, Made Brewery Harness
“IT made harness for all the breweries, all the big concerns here,” | Mr. Dersch said. “The leather had | to be the finest, The buckles had to | be the best. Owners and drivers
{took pride and wanted the leather |
to shine and the buckles to glisten.| “A good set of harness would cost | $75. But one time I made four sets| for a brewing company and got $800 | for them. They were very special, They were for four horses which qi a parade wagon and had to “ ne.” He stopped talking and thought. Then: “Those days I spent with my sisters were the happiest in my life, T hope I can go back again next year.”
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Norman ©. Lee, New York broker and aviation enthusiast, completed an alr Journey around the world when Pan American Airways Atlantic Clipper arrived at Port Washington, N. Y., form Marseilles, France, vesterday,
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occurred soon after our Imperial Airways plane left Hong Kong. A Japanese military plane came close to us and circled. I suppose its crew were making a quick examina- | tion, but they did not bother us at | all, I suppose there could have been some exciting incidents if we had flown overland after leaving Hong
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three fires which could be classed
as “bad” fires and since March 7, 1039 there have been no second alarm fires within the Oily. The small loss is even more un= usual, Department executives point out, because there were 17 more fires this June than in the same month last year, when there were 178. Of the 190 fires, 144 were reported by phone and 46 by box, Twenty=four of the total were considered “false” alarms. The small loss was attributed in part to the heavy June rains which soaked the roofs and grass. Location of the more numerous blazes were: Dwellings, 67: automobiles, 27, garages, 8; electric wires, 6, and trash, 5. Fire Loss Dwindles
This year also is showing a low fire loss compared to other years, The first six months of 1038 showed a loss of $205,681, against an estimated loss this year for the same period of $141,500, Losses by months this year are: January, $13,000; February, $35.000; March, $52,000; April, $25,000: May, $14,000, and June, $2500, Total fires this vear are far in advance of last year's at this time, Through June 30, 1938, there were 1454 fires, against 1661 this year, Fires with a loss this vear are 30 ahead of last year's figures,
TWO HOOSIERS HURT AS PLANE HITS WIRE
LOGANSPORT, Ind, July 12 (U, P) Herd Burton, 58 and John Bradfield, 45, secretary-treasurer of the Cass County Soil Conservation ommittee, were critically injured late yesterday when Mr, Bradfield's plane crashed near Camden, Mr. Bradfield, a licensed pilot, who
(had been flying for three years, was [attempting to raise the craft over [utility wires prior to landing on the
John Redding farm. The plane failed to respond and crashed into the wires, Both men suffered fractured skulls, broken legs and internal injuries,
OHIO PAROLEE FACES CHARGE OF ROBBERY
Arnold Wells, 43-year-old Ohio parolee caught here after a gun battle with police Monday night, will be tried here on a robbery charge, Fred Simon, chief of detectives, said today, Wells was bound over to Marion County Grand Jury late yesterday by Municipal Judge Charles J. Karabell on a charge in connection with the holdup of the Albert Walter Grocery Store, 2037 E. 10th St, Monday night. Detectives said he also admitted the avtempted holdup of the Stucky Pharmacy, 1856 N. Alabama St., Sunday night, and the slugging of a 17-year-old clerk there,
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the ¢, M. T. ©, at Ft. Harrison were to pass before Brig, Gen, Dana T. Merrill today in an informal inspection, Gen, Merrill has just returned to the Fort after a month's leave, Drills and practice in musketry were to occupy the morning at the camp, with swimming, soft ball, volley ball and boxing in the afternoon, The informal inspection at 5 p. m. will be the fourth review since the C. M. T, C. was established this year. The 60-plece C. M. T, ©. band again will provide music during the marching drill, Ribbons for drill and formation
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