Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 27 September 1939 — Page 2
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SCHOOL BOARD “CLOSES DOORS 70 DOBUSINESS
75. Minute “Private ‘Private’ Session Precedes 19-Minute 5 ‘Open Meeting.
= “The. School Board transacted its - Business last night, in’ a '19-minute-‘16fig public session that followed a \ As-miniite closed - session to which ithe public was not admitted. “The Board already was in in"formal conference at 6:45 p. m. although the regular .meefing was scheduled for 8 p. m. The doors of the meeting room were locked .and reporters were refused admit“tance. - © “Is this meeting _ closed?” one " member. who unlocked the door in .résponse to a knock was asked. “Yes,” he replied, “you can get all ‘the material you want at the meet.ing upstairs.” "Later the same member explained .that “there is a more free discus= Hen when reporters aren’t-present.” - The Board member emphasized hat. no formal action, only discus= “sion, could take place in the closed + meeting. .,.. William A. Evans, schools publication, adviser, said the closed meetgé have been a School Board pracice “at least since 1931.”
“ "Act on School 20
. The Board decided to start con"demnation proceedings against one owner of land. needed for the con- ;. struction of School 20, Dawson and Pleasant Run Blvd, and to ask the _PWA for $5850 more money to help finance the cost of the school. A. B. Good, schools business director, said all the real estate needefl for the new School 20 has been” purchased with the exception of two lots. " “Difficulty has been experienced fn procuring a price from the own“er of one lot,” he said. “However, *yécently the owner has indicated “that he would be willing to accept ‘the sum of $5000. In the course of
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‘§¢hool building, I have obtained appraisals of the lots needed and the “highest appraisal which I have on
In his resolution asking the Board's permission to apply for the “PWA grant, Mr. Good stated the - PWA originally granted $108,060 for the project on the basis of an estimated total cost of $240,000. The - project will cost $253,000, - however, ‘because the cost of acquiring the Jand was not $10,000, as was ex“pected, but $23,600, Mr. Good said.
Warrants Sold
«The $300,000 time warrants, ig anticipation of tax collections, were
-six Indianapolis banks. They were » the. Union Trust Co. Indiana National Bank, Indiana Trust Co., Merchants National Bank, American National Bank and Fidelity
t Co. "The bid was $300,081.52. The inrest rate was 1 per cent, as com“pared with the previous interest rate “for time warrants of 3% of 1 per “cent. Harvey B:. Hartsock, Board’ _thember, said it ‘was a’ “fair bid in “view of thé present market.” Contractors working on the Milo “H. Stuart Mémorial classroom build“ing on Technical High School campus were voted contract extensions “permitting them to do the work on ‘tHe second floor wing. This was not iincluded in the original contracts
RITES ARRANGED FOR BATESVILLE LAWYER|
Alice Marie Sparks .. , a bullet went wild.
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Wounded as as Officer Chases Fugitive at Ohio. and illinois Sts.
While physicians today sought to determine whether a police bullet had injured the bone of Miss Alice Marie Sparks’ right leg, Police Chief Michael F. Morrissey launched an investigation into the shooting. Miss Sparks, 18, daughter of Mr. and Mrs. Warren T. Sparks, 4143 Graceland Ave. was in a fair condition at Methodist Hospital. She was walking at the intersection of Ohio and Illinois Sts. at noon yesterday when the accident occurred. Detective Willis Thompson was pursuing a fugitive wanted on a grand larceny charge and fired a shot at him. The: bullet bounced from the pavement and struck Miss Sparks. Later the fugitive was captured. Miss Sparks was given first aid by the police emergency squad rand then taken to thé hospital. Chief
investigation into the shooting and would not comment “until he had all the facts.”
YOUTH, GIRL HELD IN CHICKEN THEFTS
MONTICELLO, Ind., Sept. 27 (U. P.). — Police. today held Maurice Criswell, 21, former Monticello High School basketball star, and Miss Catherine Blackburn, - 21, former cheer leader of Monon High Schodl, in connection with the theft of 300 chickens and the burglary of “five lake cottages. Police said both had confessed to participating nn the thefts.
ROAD WORK FLOORS 17-YEAR-OLD BOXER
Willis McCoy, 17-year-old Indianapolis boxer, was récovering today from a badly bruised right foot. Young McCoy told police he was doing road work yesterday in thé vicinity of Keystone and Churchman Aves., when his trouser cuff caught in the rear wheel of a car he was following. He said his foot was drawn. under the wheel. He was
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Times Special BATESVILLE, Ind. Sept. 27.— Albert Barnes Wycoff, a member of the Ripley County bar, who died Sunday at his home, is to be buried at Versailles, Ind., tomorrow. He was 65. Services will be held at the First Methodist Church, of which he was a member. Members of the church’s Bible class will be pallbearers. Mr. Wycoff had conducted the class for the past five years. His wife and a son, ae” Wycoft of _Batesville survive him
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US Reports Nation's Cupboard Far From Bare
WASHINGTON, Sept. NM (0. Po. The Agriculture Department took inventory of the nation's larder today and found plenty. Officials said that not only are
present supplies ample, but that/costs may be expected as national
there is no cause for concérn in future years éveéii if the war continues. Improved farm methods now pro-
of the ground available for low-cost production. Under the AAA control system, acreage can be in-
mand. ay hoped that this would re-|su
wives ‘whose rush to buy f60d stuffs when the g caused rapid price increases and led to fears that profiteering might have started. ‘Moderate increases in some food
prosperity increases, officials said, put = they pointed out that farm prices are low compared, to manufaetured goods and industrial wages. Some increase in European demand also is expected to strengthen prices of farm products. An instiranceé against any shortage or suddien price increase, huge supplies of wheat, corn, cotton, wool, dairy products and dried fruits
have been accumulated in reserve
European WAr~ bégan under Government 16ans. These sup-
plies can be released to break any effort at food profiteering. In appraising the nation’s food asséts, the economists balanced supplies against the amount the country normally eats orf exports. The supply of wheat in this country was estimated at 990,000,000 bushels, indicating a surplus of 225,000,000 bushels when the 1940 crop is harvested. The European war will not réduce world ‘production next year by any great éxtent; the economists predicted.
this winter is the largest in five
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in the other. principal grain, corn. The large corn supply, the department said, will assuré consumers large future supplies’ of meat, lard and dairy products. Livestock on farms being fattened for market
years. Hog slaughter is expected to be about 20 per cent larger than last year. ; Fruit and vegetable supplies,| - perishable goods which are subject
to changes more than dther foods, are larger than last &e 0 ample to meet: demand, o Sepatument
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KOSCIUSKO COUNTY FAIR OPENS ENS TUESDAY
Times Special WARSAW, Ind, Bept. 2 ~The 25th annual Kosciusko County Fair is to open Tuesday and will feature lightweight horse-pulling contests, an industrial parade, horse show, a horse parade and & pony race. _ The fair will close Saturday afters noon following the pony race. Fole lowing custom, the fair is to be held in the streets of Warsaw, Milo Malow is president of the Fair Associa« tion.
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