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NEW BUILDINGS

RISING RAPIDLY AT STATEUNITS

Completion of $10,000,000]

Program by Spring Now Is Forecast.

“Indiana’s $10,000,000 institutional building program, begun in 1937, is progressing rapidly toward completion next spring, the State Welfare Department’s annual report

said today. . Financed by the State and Fed-

" eral Governments, the program is

designed to provide care and -training for the deaf and blind, insane, epileptic and feeble-minded, dependent and delinquent ‘children, veterans, and pefsons suffering

from tuberculosis, as well as law]

breakers. ; Two dormitories and a power house have been completed at Muscatatuck Colony, Butlerville. Among the 22 other buildings near completion are a school and recreation building, six more dormitories and two infirmaries, sick hospital, attendant’s building, staff residence, administration and service buildings. Dam Among Projects

Engineers are to dam the Muscatatuck River to provide an adequate water supply. * New cottage type structures have

been completed to replace build-|.

ings nearly 70 years old at the Woman's Prison in Indianapolis. These include two dormitories, hospital and administration building. ‘Another cottage dormitory, chapel

and heating plant are expected to|.

be finished next month. The new Southern Indiana Tuberculosis Hospital at New Albany is about one-fifth completed and will be ready for its first patient early next spring, the department reports. Structures there include a hospital, doctors’ and nurses’ home and superintendent's residence. “The new hospital will aid in removing southern Indiana from the national tuberculosis belt which includes much of Kentucky, Tennes- . see, southern Ohio and Illinois,” the report stated.

Build Recreation Center

" Two ward buildings, each with a “capacity of 160, are expected to be _ completed in December at the Loigansport State Hospital. An emJ ployees’ building is to be finished in $January. 3 A recreation’ center is under way ‘mt Richmond State Hospital where oa hospital unit was finished last "spring. Cottage structures are be‘ing constructed at Central State Hospital, Indianapolis. » At Evansville State Hospital the new. employees’ building is to be . completed next month and the male iinfirmary at the Village for Epi- . Jeptics at New Castle is expected : be finished in December. : Brick barracks are being replaced

'! by modern cottages at the Boys’

School, Plainfield, and a new service building with quarters for employees on the second floor has been finished at Soldiers’ & Sailors’ Chilgren’s Home, Knightstown. A new chapel with a recreation department in the basement is nearly done at the Girls’ School, Indianapolis. A new service building was constructed at State Prison, Michigan - City, with inmate labor. It houses a library, laundry, temporary hospital and some wards.

WESTERN AUTO CO. FUNDS ARE SHIFTED

"NEW YORK, Oct. 13 (U. P.).— George Pepperdine, wealthy founder of the Western Auto Supply Co., disclosed today that he had put a sum estimated at several million dollars at the disposal of two institutions bearing his name. Mr. Pepperdine sold the California interests of his company several weeks ago, 30 years after he launched the supply business in Kansas City, Mo. He would not calculate the amount involved but suggested removing a cipher when the sum of $40,000,000 was mentioned. : The entire proceeds of the California sale, he said, were placed to the credit of a college and philanthropic foundation founded in Los Angeles by Mr. Pepperdine in 1932. The original endowments of both institutions consisted of Western Supply stock.

MALE COOKING FAN IS 84 BUT NOT IDLE

HAWKEYE, Iowa, Oct. 13 (U.P). —James Zoller, 84-year-old retired grain dealer, believes that when he dons his apron and is barricaded in his kitchen with pots and pans he is a match for the average housewife in culinary skill. Mr. Zoller learned the cuisine intricacies when he retired 18 years ago to care for his invalid wife, who died several years ago.

Lef's Keep That Smile Beaming

FRIDAY, OCTOBER 13,1039 =

Three thousand five hundred Indianapolis Community Fund workers now are pounding Indianapolis

pavements to see that the smile is not wiped off the face of this dependent citizen.

She is one of hun-

dreds, of all ages and in all stages of economic and other difficulties, who are helped by the fund now

Home of Indianapolis.

being raised for operations next year.

And she’s still smiling. She's

a ward of the Suemma Coleman

PRAISES IDEALS OF COLUMBUS

Italian - Consul Traces His Career; Flag Display Honors Explorer.

Christopher Columbus was honored in Indianapolis and the nation yesterday. The local celebration included a city-wide display of flags and several meetings and banquets. Dr. Vincent LaPenta, Italian consul here, addressed a meeting in the Claypool Hotel and said that Columbus gave not only a new world to future generations but also an almost unparalleled devotion to an ideal. : He spoke in both English and Italian and traced the career of the explorer for the audience, persons of Italian descent. Judge H. Nathan Swaim of the Indiana Supreme Court, and Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan also spoke and

Salvatore Miceli was master of ceremonies. Members of the Knights of Columbus attended a spaghetti dinner and meeting last night under the sponsorship of the Indianapolis Assembly Fourth Degree and Indianapolis Council 437. Henry Hasley, Ft. Wayne, state advocate and chairman of the atholic Activities Committee, was a guest. Harry K. Kitchin, Richmond, was awarded a medal for his achievements in leadership of Catholic laymen. ‘ Mr. Kitchin served as chairman of the group of Richmond. citizens who recently erected a new $80,000 school building there.

Electric Eye’ To Aid Pupils

By Science Service WASHINGTON, Oct. 13.—The school of tomorrow will have an “electric eye,” a photo-electric cell: that will watch out for the eyesight of the children, scientists say. It will keep an eye on the sun. When the natural light falls below a certain point it will throw a’'switch and turn on the electric

lights of the classroom. In ‘the past eight years there have been more than a dozen successful installations of lighting

control by photo-electric mechanisms. Co oo

Publishers Preparing For ‘Serious’ Readers

Book publishers, dealers and 1libraries are preparing for a more serious-minded reading public this fall, according to Peter Wolter, a book jobber for 35 years. - Mr. Wolter is representing’ a Chicago book wholesale firm with an exhibit at the joint conference of the Indiana Library Association and the Indiana Library Trustees Association at the Hotel Lincoln. “Our firm, which supplies books to book dealers and libraries, is preparing ‘to meet a heavy demand in historical literature and nonfiction books on current and late European politics as never before,” he said. Mr. Wolter predicted that there would be a big output of new books othis fall on international ‘politics,

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but warned that “there will be a lot of mediqcre stuff.” The trend in fiction this fall will also be to stories about international affairs, Mr. Wolter believes, He said, howeyer, he would have to qualify .any predictions on' subject matter of fiction “because the taste’ in fiction is set by wonien readers” Men, he said, are more interested in non-fiction, biography and history written in a popular style, : He said a higher quality of books is being published for children. Books on technical subjects, chiefly radio, aviation and engines, are more and more in demand. . It is odd, he thinks, that the technical

It has been falsely charged that Jack Frost, usually by this time an old settler of these parts, this year

has turned a new leaf instead of the old ones. There is a lot of curbstone -opinion to be heard that; owing to the fact that there have been only two or three light frosts so far, the

of really pretty colors like orange, purple and deep red. ; A gentleman in the Conservation Department who has a Ph.D. in leaves says this is not true. Leaves, he said, will turn color even when there is no frost. People who hate been hunting for a reason for leaves turning, and have settled on frost, have outsmarted themselves. What turns the leaves different’ colors is the tree itself. and this is how it happens, this man says. At some time in the fall, the tree makes up its mind that winter is on the way for sure, and that then there will be another spring. The

tree realizes that it will want some

leaves have turned brown.instead|

Jack Frost Cleared of Charge in Leaf Turning:

nice new, green -leaves- for next spring. : So it recovers all the green coloring from .the leaves and stores it within itself. It then settles down. Without the green coloring, the leaves : die, because that was their food. : But just as soon as the green coloring is taken into the tree for the winter, the other colors that have been there all the time and have been hidden by the green, come out. This leaf specialist said that the other colors go to make up the color of a tree, even in deepest summer, although they are not apparent. He said an artist painting a green tree finds it necessary to use red- and brown colors to make it look natural. , And if the artist is good enough, the reds and browns are no more apparent in his painting of the tree than in- the tree itself. If he’s not that good, he ought to wait until fall to paint the tree in the first place, the specialist asserts.

DRIVING INSIDE

ZONE OPPOSED BY COMMITTEE

. To Be Sent Safety , Board Members. 4.

A résolution opposing a Safety Board proposal to permit automo-

|biles to drive left of safety zones!

will be presented to the Board Tues-

{day by the Citizens’ Safety Com- | mittee, James P. Tretton, Indian-

apolis Street = Railways, general manager, and committee chairman, said today. .

The resolution was adopted at a|

committee meeting yesterday after

‘| Mr. Tretton asserted that at least

70 per cent of downtown passenger traffic is carried by street cars and trackless trolleys.

Termed ‘Backward Step’ Characterizing the plan as “a

‘backward step,” Mr. Tretton said it

was the “most hazardous plan Indianapolis has ever contemplated from a traffic safety standpoint.” The possibility . that -automobiles might skid on tracks in wet or snowy weather, endangering persons standing in safety zones was cited at the meeting. The zones should be considered ‘safety islands, Mr. Tretton said, erected for the benefit of pedestrians as well as for the Railways company. “Ah

Présented By Morrissey

The plan was presented to the Board three weeks ago by Police Chief Michael F. Morrissey. It would permit traffic to move left of

zones which are 16 feet or less from|

curbs to facilitate traffic movement through the downtown area. Chief Morrissey said most zones downtown with the exception of those along Washington St. will be affected if the plan is approved. LeRoy J. Keach, board president, said that board members will confer with Railways officials before taking final action on the proposal. Motorcars have been forbidden to drive left of zones for more than 10 years, the Chief said.

WORLD END NEAR, ADVENTIST WARNS

LINCOLN, Neb., Oct. 13 (U. PJ. —The second coming of Christ in this generation was predicted today by the Rev. J. L. McElhany, titular and administrative head of the -Seventh- Day -Adventist Church as 400 delegates met here in their annual world general conference. The war in Europe is a “sign of the approaching end,” he said. “We stand on the verge of eternity. We have reached a most critica] period in human history, with the closing scenes of the last days so clearly portrayed in Biblical prophecies now being enacted before our eyes. “We are now giving the last message of warning to the world. The footsteps of an approaching God to punish the world for its iniquities may be heard.” ; "The warning, he said, will be dispatched .to members of the church in 387 countries in which 1766 languages and dialects are spoken.

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CAMERA DEVICE IS AIMED AT SPEEDERS { GREENWICH, ‘Conn.;:Oct. 18 (U. P.) —Police are working: on-a new trap for speedy automobile drivers, [A demonstration "recently © was made of a new gadget installed in a polite car; which photographs: - 1, The ‘car which the ‘police machine is following. 12. A special speedometer in- the police car.

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X i CAR DRIVER SENTENCED CRAWFORDSVILLE; Ind., Oct. 13 (U. -P.).—Joseph W.. Spear, 45, of Attica, today was under a one-to-10-year sentence in the State Prison on an’ involuntary manslaughter charge brought in connection with an auto accident in July, 1938. He. was convicted April 17 and appealed to the State Supreme

Court, but the conviction was. up-|

held. Raymond Jarrett, Mrs. Emma Spear and Mrs. Ethel Haines, all of Attica, were killed in the accident. : —

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OLD PAPAL SCHOOL TO BECOME ARCHIVE

ROME, Oct. 13 (U.P.).—The ancient Papal University of Rome, built. in: the 15th century, which for ei gh had housed various face ultie#” of the University of Rome, will be used as a state archive. The “Sapienza” as it was called, was deserted by students when the Rome University City was built in 1935. o

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