Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 16 August 1939 — Page 12

$7,000,000 DAM

~ PROGRAM GIVEN ~ T0 STATE WPA

If Approved Project Would Add Thousands of Acres To Lake Area.

A seven million dollar water conservation program calling for the construction of 60 dams and the addition of thousands of acres to Indiana’s lake area has been sub.itted to State WPA officials by the ‘Conservation Department.

State WPA Administrator John | K. Jennings said the project will be}

forwarded to Washington for final

approval if it meets with state WPA | |

requirements.

CIRCLING

The proposed project would be| SH

state-wide. Three of the dams proposed’ would create 250-acre lakes near Ladoga, Crawfordsville and Farmersburg. Another dam site in Franke Park, Allen County, would form ga lake covering about 150 acres. Study Street Repairs

Another proposal being studied by state WPA officials provides for the expenditure of $987,000 for street and alley improvements in Indianapolis. Improvements costing $74,949 have been proposed for the Central State Hospital here. The public relations department of the Indiana State Teachers’ College, Terre Haute, is seeking approval of the expenditure of $151,172 to compile a history of each of the state’s 92 counties.

Other Projects Listed

Other proposed projects being considered by the state WPA include: Lake County, Center Township— $13,596 for a sewing room. Richmond — $1900 for sewer extension. St. Joseph County, county-wide (except! South Bend and Mishawaka) —$29, 936 for record of existing physical features. Middlebury—$10,141 for construction of sidewalks and curbs. ‘Bicknell — $36,240 for complete construction of gymnasium and athic field on

sanitary

Id. ville—$1083 to improve Wil-

Ward school buildings.

INSPECTORS CHECK ON POSTAL SERVIGE

Nine postal inspectors today began an extensive survey of Indianapolis Postoffice facilities and services. According to George J. Ress, assistant, postmaster here, the inspectors will be here for several months. C. M. Higgins of the Cincinnati division is in charge. Others and their divisions are Carl F. Chatto, Boston; John J. Leahey, New York; Arthur H. Russell and Carver F. Swaffer, Cncinnati; Martin Thomson, Chicago; John W. Hunt, Philadelphia, and A. L. Coggins, Chattanooga. Howland Smith of Atlanta is to serve temporarily in inaugurating the survey.

BUTCHER CLAIMS SWIMMING RECORD

ST. LOUIS, Aug. 16 (U. P.).—John V. Sigmund, an Alton, Ill, butcher, today claimed a record for swimming with his arms shackled. He required five hours and 50 minutes to swim with the Mississippi River current from his home town, 20 miles north of here to Eads Bridge in St. Louis. A wide belt was locked around

Sigmund’s waist and two arm bands

gbove the elbows were fastened to it. Sponsors said Sigmund cut more than an hour from the time made in a similar swim 50 years ago.

ACCIDENT IN DIVING COSTS PRIVATES LIFE

Private Randall S. Bye, 18, of Co. A, 11th Infantry, Ft. Harrison, was hurt fatally while swimming in Lake Erie at Camp Perry! O., Monday night, officers reported today. They said he broke his neck when he dove from a dock into two feet of water. He was at Camp Perry with his company for rifle matches which will continue until Sept. 15. The youth enlisted last March 20. -His home was at Allendale, Ill.

M’LAGLEN FACING ANOTHER LAWSUIT

HOLLYWOOD, Aug. Aug. 16 (U. P.).— Victor McLaglen, the husky film star, was troubled by another lawsuit today. Charlotte Nice, a patron of a sports center Mr. McLaglen operates, asked $10,948 damages for burns she suffered, according to the suit, in extinguishing a cigaret in a lounge ash tray. Last week Mr. Meclaglen was sued by a physician who cla TS he has not been paid for treatments which the actor described as “shooting me full of monkey glands.”

ARMOUR EMPLOYEES TAKE PLEA TO CAPITAL

WASHINGTON, Aug. 16 (U. P.).

— Packinghouse Workers Organizing |=

Committee leaders came to Wash-

ingten today to seek Administration | £ aid in winning a national bargain- |= ing agreement with Armour & Co, |S

Chicago meat packing house, against which a strike is threatened.

The union delegation, termed its |S effort “ a final attempt to settle the :

dispute by peaceful means.” Ankit RR RENE MORGAN STRICKEN

ing flown here from San Francisco.

She was stricken in San Francisco |S while with her mother who is fill- |=

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Times Photo. Charles W. Geile was appointed today as acting director of the State Welfare Department's division of information. The vacancy was created by appointment of Dudley A. Smith as head of the

recently revived Indiana Commission on Unemployment Relief. Mr. Geile, a native of Madison, Ind. is a graduate of DePauw - University, a member of Delta Upsilon Fraternity and Sigma Delta Chi and Phi Beta Kappa honor societies. He joined the Public Welfare Department staff in July last year as associate editor of the department’s monthly : magazine.

. Wins C. M. T. C. Merit Award— Russell Hamlet,” 1021 N. Tremont St., a blue course candidate at the Ft. Harrison Citizens’ Military

{Training camp, has been named to

receive the daily order of merit. The citation is based on outstanding military bearing, neatness, leadership and attention to duty.

U. S. Nurse Exams Open—An open

competitive examination will be held

for the position of junior public health nurse, Indian Field Service, Department of Interior, C. P. Bernhart, secretary of the local U. S. Civil Service Board of Examiners, announced today. Applications will be received not later than Sept. 11.

Fifteen Hundred Children in Pageant—Fifteen hundred children are expected to participate in the pageant, “Midsummer Fantasie,” at Garfield Park Friday night. The pageant, directed by Mrs. Norma Koster, supervisor, will close the City Recreation Department's summer program. Children also will present German, Hungarian, Irish, Italian, English, Tyrolean and ‘Russian folk dances. Mrs. Koster will be assisted by Mary Donnelly of the City Recreation Department and Barbara King, Lois Chesterfield, Paul Fidlar, Curtis Taylor and David Millian of the WPA [recreation department. Jack Duvall of the latter will be narrator. |

Hoosiers to Go fo West Coast— Five Hoosier university men and seven Indianapolis persons will attend the 18th national biennial convention of Lambda Chi Alpha fraternity at San Francisco Aug. 29Sept. 1. University delegates include Morris H. Hendricks of Indianapolis, from Butler; Edmund R. Strait of West Somerville, Mass., representing DePauw; Jay H. Hillis of Kokomo, Indiana University; John A. Harris of Indianapolis, Purdue, and John P. Ryder of | Bremen, Wabash. Other Indianapolis residents planning to attend include Mr. and Mrs. Lloyd D. Claycombe, their daughter, Mary Alice and their sons, Robert and John, and Mr. and Mrs. Bruce H. McIntosh. |

C. 1. 0. Rally Arranged—Philip Murray, C. I. O. vice president and Steel Workers Organizing Committee chairman, will speak at a mass meeting of organized labor at Tomlinson Hall, Sept. 7, at 8 p. m, James Robb, C. I. Q. regional director, announced today. Mr. Robb said -the meeting is expected to be the largest ever held here by organized labor.

Coal Dealers Outing Set—The annual picnic, for local coal dealers, sponsored by the .Indianapolis Coal Merchants Association, will be held Aug. 25 at the Lake Shore Country Club. A golf tournament, horseshoe pitching contest, softball game and other] sports have been planned. A| chicken dinner will be served in the evening. The arrangements committee includes Edgar S. Joseph, Clifford S. Meier, O. M. Coombs p nd Burl Sexson.

SEVEN-FOOT CORN IN CITY AKRON, O, Aug. 16 (U. P.).—J. A. Boyer lives in town, but he believes his corn taller than that of most farmers in the country nearby. ‘It measures nearly seven feet in height,

Washington High Enrolls—New ||

students expecting to attend Wash-

ington High School: this fall may. 8 enroll at the school’s office between |

9 a. m. and 4 p, m. each week day

except Saturday when the office will

close at noon. Those who are asked to enroll previous to school opening Sept. 5 are former Washington High School students who have withdrawn and want to re-enter, transfers from other city high schools and graduates of schools outside Indianapolis. Students - wanting to transfer from . Washington High School to another high school are also asked to notify the office in advance,

Two public library window displays in the downtown area were opened today. - One, at 225 N. Pennsylvania “St., exhibits new material on business and technical subjects and is backed by a sign reading: “Somebody knows more about your job than you do. Why not borrow the book he has written from the public library?” The other, at 118 Monument Circle, is composed of pamphlets on budgeting and carries a slogan: “Stretch Your Dollars—Budget!”

State Fair Deadline Tonight—Tonight is deadline for Marion County boys to file their entries for com-

petition at the State Fair, C. J. Murphy, assistant agricultural - agent, said today. More than 75 youths are expected to compete from Marion County this year, year won $347 in premiums, Mr. Murphy said.

Offers Low Fair Week Fares—Low round-trip - fares to Indianapolis from all principal Indiana Railroad System stations will be in effect during State Fair week, company officials said today. Special. tickets will be on sale at a rate of 1%4 cents per mile. “By offering convenient service at these greatly reduced fares we hope to induce many folk who ordinarily shun the heavy traffic encountered in Indianapolis during Fair week, to visit the Fair this year,” C. D. Hardin, traffic manager of the company, said.

Scenic Movie to Be. Shown— Richard Campbell of the Lake Shore Country Club will show colored films on “Two Week’s Trip to California Aboard the Sorority Special” at 6 p. m. today at the Canary Cottage before the Junior Chamber of Commerce. The Chamber’s board is to meet at the Cottage at 5:30 p. m. Monday. Horace Hill of Eastern Air Lines will speak before the Chamber at the Cottage at noon Aug. 30 on “Air Transportation, Instrument Landing and Navigation.”

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