Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 26 January 1940 — Page 17

{ FRIDAY, JANUARY 26, 1940 °

Hoosier Vagabond

* SANTA CLARA BEACH, Panama, Jan. 26.—The name of Nelson Rounsevell is probably better known than anybody’s in Panama with the sole exceptions of Sietierals Goethals and Gorgas of Canal construction days. | 4 % Rounsevell is the man who founded the newspaper Panama American, and through its columns raised cain with everything for 15 years.

He has engineered revolutions in the Republic of Panama; he ' has driven the Army nuts with - criticism; he has swung at first one side and then the other; he has been the one driving. force against inertia in Panama. Now he is retired. You'd think after

a life like his, he would go crazy:

: in retirement. But he has found new things to take his interest, and he’s still as busy as a bee and happy as a June-bug. He still talks a good fight, but he enjoys his peace. For at least 10 years I have known of Rounsevell. When we got to Panama City and found he lived 75 miles in the interior, I couldn't bear not to see him, so I hired a car and came up. I spent a full day with him. ; ". Nelson Rounsevell is 63. He ran away from his farm home in western New York State when he was 13.

He has done everything under the sun. Before he

was 24 he had been a farmer, a book agent, a schoolteacher, a justice of the peace, a lawyer, a carpente and a locomotive engineer. : 2 = 5

A Colorful Career

He followed the Western gold camps as a professional gambler. He worked on the Panama Canal in 1914; he once opened a bank in a tent in Nevada; he ran the bar concession at Cerro de Pasco in Peru. He enlisted and served through the World War as a private after he was 40 years old. He published . a newspaper in South America. He lived by his wits fn the lumber camps.of the Northwest. A hundred times he was a drunken down-and-outer. His career with women hardly bears mentioning. He eventually failed at everything he put his

QOur Town

I DIDN'T GET to meet Mrs. Lena Kirk Bivens until the day after Marian Anderson's concert. By that time 24 hours had run their course, but Mrs. Bivens was still treading air as if in a dream. And no wonder. Eighteen years ago Mrs. Bivens was president ES of the Indianapolis Music Promoters Club, the group that sponsored Marian Anderson's first concert in Indianapolis. The club had for its motto: “To foster youthful talent; labor for economic and educational betterment.” ; Marian Anderson, a girl somewhere around 19 years, old at the time, made her debut in Simpson M. E. Church, the one at : Co the corner of 11th and Missouri Sts. It was the night of Feb. 21, 1922. Adults had to pay 50 cents to get in; children, 25 cents. After all expenses were paid, the club had something like $50 left. Every cent of it was sent to the parent organization—the National Associatipn of Negro Musicians, Ihc.—which at that time was collecting money for a scholarship to help Marian Anderson. Up to that time Miss Anderson had had no-musical training except what she was able to pick up in church choirs in and around Philadelphia.- Even so, she sang “Adieu Farets” (Jeanne d’Arc) by Tschaikowsky. It was the big (and final) number of her first program in Indianapolis, : : Her First Scholarship «Two months after her first Indianapolis concert, the National Association of Negro Musicians gave Marian Anderson the sum of $468.14, including the $50 contributed by the Indianapolis Music Promoters Club. It was Miss Anderson’s first scholarship. In 1925, on the occasion of the convention of the National Association of Negro Musicians in Indianapolis, the Music Promoters: Club madé a second donation to. help Marian Anderson, and again it was $50. On the same occasion, Mount Zion Church, the one at 12th and Fayette Sts., came through handsomely, too. It contributed $5 for the same purpose.

> ; Washington asningto KANSAS CITY, Mo., Jan. 26.—The keynote speech to be delivered at Topeka on Kansas Day Jan. 29 by Rep. Joseph Martin, Republican leader of the House of Representatives, will open the Presidential season in this area. Thus far interest has been largely

among the professional Joliticians—a private fight.

Rep. Martin has a large following among Republican politicians in this area and if they thought he could attract popular interest they would support him for the nomination. In any event he will have large influ- . ence, particularly since he and former Governor Landon are working in close harmony. + This is a matter of national importance for the Republican ali -- party, because Rep. Martin has shown himself exceptionally competent as Minority Leader in the House. His type of leadership is needed by the party in the Presidential fight, either with Rep. Martin as the candidate or else with him exercising his influence in the organization management. : : 8 = = : Reactionaries Unpopular If I get any line at all on sentiment traveling around the country, it is to the effect that nothing would be more fatal to the Republican party than to go into this campaign with a completely reactionary, down-with-the-whole-New-Deal type of campaign. Senator Vandenberg’s attitude of discriminating opposition, his recognition that some of the things that have been done are here to stay and should stay, is the only attitude that will arouse any popular confidence. > Much sentiment exists for screwing down on spending, for slowing down reform, and for more work-

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Xe ; WASHINGTON, Thursday~I lunched yesterday with Mrs. Henry Morgenthau” Jr., the wife of the Secretary of the Treasury. There is always an

element of surprise about her lunch table. Every year she manages to have some new central theme ¥ for decoration and for enter- : tainment. Last year she had a model of the White House garden in the center of the table and dolls representing . various White House ladies in authentic costumes. Guests made little speeches for the "dolls about their days in the White House and the relationship of their activities to life today. Yesterday, in the center of the table, was a huge goldfish bowl with several variegated and fascinating goldfish swimming grdund in it. In front of each of the guests was a miniature bowl with one lonely fish who was, however, most active. Mrs. Morgenthau had written verses to me on the theme of my old complaint that life in the White House was somewhat like - the life of a goldfish and she pointed out that in a lesser degree, some of the women present lived in a goldfish bowl of their own. It may be good for us all to have this ce and it has one advantage—if you have any interests you can gain a wider

‘when Mr. Hayes grew up it was the most natural thing

to prefer Dewey to Vandenberg. He probably would

“be obliged to take into consideration the strong pro-

By Ernie Pyle

hand to. And then, at 48, he started all over again. In 1925 he founded the Panama American. Ten years later, a complete success, he published in its columns a rip-roaring, unabashed account of his life. Then he printed it in book form. Rounsevell has put four presidents of Panama in office—one by revolution, three through the support of his paper. He has been so deeply mixed into native Panamanian politics that he never knew from one day to the next what his life was worth. Four years ago he was indicted. It was a result of his bold fight against certain conditions resulting from the Army management of troops in the Canal Zone. He was arrested 20 times in that year. He spent a couple of weeks in jail. At the trial he was found guilty, but his sentence was immediately suspended. 8 ” »

Retires to Home on Beach

“They wanted to send me to the penitentiary,” he says, “and they just didn’t have the guts.” Today he has scores of Army friends, and he is full of praise for them. He no longer has anything to do with the Panama American. It is owned and managed by Dr. Harmodio Arias, the leading lawyer of Panama, whose phy-sician-brother will "likely be the Republic's next president. yo» He has known Chiru Beach for four years. He came up here for week-ends during his trial, to, get away from. the stress and collect himself. It] is one of the most magnificent beaches in the world (I say that deliberately) and Rounsevell fell in love with it. : So he and a crony bought a square mile of ground and he came here to live. The partner died, and his ashes rest today in Rounsevell's yard, in a rock-and-concrete tomb that Rounsevell built with his own hands. : : Rounsevell has sold some of the land to Canal employees and Panama businessmen. He has 30 neighbors who live or spend their week-ends in lovely tropical homes scattered through the trees, between a gem-like beach and cloud-spattered mountains. And here Nelson Rounsevell is—a man who has led as fire-eating a life as you ever heard of, and who still eats fire in his mind, but who actually lives one of the most placid lives under the sun.

By Anton Scherrer

And speaking of Mount Zion Church, it was there Mrs. Bivens remembers that Roland W. Hayes gave his first concert on Feb. 17, 1918. It’s a pretty story, too. Before the Rev. George W. Ward came to Indianapolis to take charge of Mount Zion Church, he was a preacher down in Chattanooga. At that time there was a slender little chap with a powerful voice in Mr. Ward’s church choir. Sure, Roland Hayes. Well,

that he should ask the Rev. Ward for a tryout in Indianapolis. Mr. Hayes’ big number on the occasion of his Indianapolis debut was “On Away, Awake, Beloved” (Hiawatha) by S. Coleridge Taylor. Tickets were priced at 25 cents apiece. 2 8 =

Still Going Strong

The Indianapolis Music Promoters Club was organized in 1920. It’s still going. At its first concert, on Nov. 26, 1920, it presented Florence Cole-Talbert, a soprano who had everybody talking at the time. When the club brought Marian Anderson, Mrs. Bivens had the help of Wallace Woolfolk, V. P.; Mae Clements, secretary; W. Earl Keene, treasurer, and Lillian M. LeMon, reporter. Today, Mr. Woolfolk is the tenor of the quartet organized by Mr. Lilly to sing the

Foster songs; Miss Clements has a piano studio on}

Northwestern Ave.; Mr. Keene is a letter carrier and spends his spare time directing the choir of Allen Chapel A. M. E. Church, and Miss LeMon is president of the Cosmopolitan School of Music on West St. They. all went to hear Marian Anderson last Sunday, you bet. : As for Mrs. Bivens, she is a retired Indianapolis school teacher. She served 35 years, eight of which she spent as principal of No. 83. She came to Indianapolis when she was 2 years old by way of a little place in- Kentucky 25 miles from any railroad. She had 11 brothers and sisters. All had voices. Little Lena sang soprano. Down in Kentucky they could be heard for a distance of 10 miles. The hills carried the song, says Mrs. Bivens, Bl Mrs. Bivens still keeps up her music. She is now shaping her affairs to attend the New York World’s Fair this summer, at which time she plans to have an interview with Maj. Bowes. :

By Raymond Clapper |

ability and fair-mindedness in the new agencies at Washington. But only the most narrow minded, shortsighted and blindly selfish businessmen attempt any longer to deny that many of the reforms attempted under Mr. Roosevelt were needed. Senator Taft is making little headway in his campaign and one reason probably is that the impression is around that he is too inflexible in his ideas. Governor Landon probably will control the Kansas delegation to the Republican National Convention. He has not committed himself but he is understood

take Joe Martin ahead of anyone else if it should appear later that the House Minority Ledder had a real chance. Governor Landon leans toward President Roosevelt on foreign policy and is likely to oppose any program or candidate favoring extreme isolation. Kansas seems to show more interest in Dewey than in any other Republican. ” » ”

Nebraska G. O. P. Waiting

Missouri Republicans show the opposite leanings, favoring Vandenberg over Dewey. Nebraska Republicans are waiting, . rather indifferently, until the candidates are further along in their workouts. Actually nowhere is there any breathless interest, and unless it develops fairly soon the professional politicians will go to the convention with huge blocks of unpledged delegates to play with and it will be an insiders’ deal and an insiders’ candidate, another 2 a. m. job in a smoke-filled room. | Democrats in Kansas and Nebraska will play the White House game, whatever it may be. In Missouri Senator Bennett Clark has a firm grip on the delegation. He isn’t too friendly with the White House, being closer to the Garner opposition, although he will

Administration following of Governor Stark among Missouri Democrats.

. By Eleanor Roosevelt

audience for those interests while the goldfish bowl is yours! ; oe In the afternoon, the ladies attending the Cause and Cure of War Conference came to tea. Mrs. Leach, Miss Thompson and I went from here to their banquet in the evening. Mrs. Carrie Chapman Catt told a story in her own inimitable way. She said it had a moral but I think it had several morals. Dr. Neilson also spoke with courage and conviction. Though I did not agree with all of his observations, one must applaud and admire the people who take the trouble to think through what they believe and are not afraid to tell others how they feel. After the banquet, we stopped in at the Mayflower to see the magnificent birthday cake made for the President by the Bakery and Confectionery Workers International Union, and to greet some of the members of the labor division of the Committee for the Celebration of the President's Birthday. I am lunching today with the Southern Women’s Council, where two of the members of the council of young Southerners are coming to talk over their part in the Citizenship Institute being held here by the American Youth Congress from Feb. 9 to 12. More and more, as I listen to young people talk, I realize the important part played by the public schoo® in our country. They should have the interest and suppor in every community of all citizens in order to make it possible for the teachers to accom-

“frontiers,

The Gathering Storm— | “Air Blockade, Land Attacks Believed On Nazi Program

(Second of a Series)

By Thomas M. Johnson NEA Service Military Writer PA

the Nazi Reichswehr’s lations.

GGRESSIVE spirit, boldness, Bible, its Field Service Regu-

shock”—so preaches

Such is the total war that in these tense days is being

Whetted into a terrible, swift sword.

- Soon that sword will slash away the diplomatic and | political fetters binding Nazi strategy. As the Franco-British blockage begins to

Germany’s supplies are delayed—from Russia by the Finnish War and from the Balkans by frozen rivers— then through the air the sword will strike. First it will attempt a total air blockade of Britain's island fortress by striking at the commerce that is the defenders’ life: Shipping and ports. That failing to starve Britain out, then will come assault on France's field fortress, the strongest in world history. Today’s driving effort is to prepare for both conflicts, which must come in a matter of weeks, barring some utterly unforeseen development. What can be foreseen is that not until about Easter will weather over Britain favor large-scale consistent raiding and accurate

. bombing.

Mediterranean Sea

SCALE OF MILES

o 200 400

The Allies furiously forge a defensive war machine designed to resist an expected German offensive at one or several of the peints within the white circle on the map above. (A) against England’s channel — and other — ports; (B) through the Netherlands and Belgium; (C) through Luxembourg; (D) against a theoretically “vulnerable” sector of the Maginot Line; (E) across the Swiss-Italian

About the same holds for ground operations in France. In the World War the bigger German attack on Verdun came in February—and failed. The German weather bureau picked March 21, 1918—and aided by - wonderful weather, the Germans broke the Western front. But that was a rifle-pit compared to the present fortifications ' Those fortifications are the French Maginot Line and its extensions north behind the Luxem-burg-Belgian and south behind the Swiss-Italian frontiers. The

central portion alone forms the

“Western Front” where the Nazis have been raiding for information and to develop “aggressive spirit” in troops soon to launch a great attack. # 8 8 ROBABLY they will attack where they have been raiding —the hundred-mile strip between Moselle and Rhine. Here, including some old A. E. F. ground, the Maginot Line is most vulnerable. Buf. even here the terrain is

pinch and as

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A “terrible, swift sword” is poised to strike . , . first at Britain’s

field fortress, the Maginot Line.

shipping . . . then at France's

roughly accidented, its wunderground labyrinth backed by a 25mile zone of new field works and a chain of cities long fortified. The Germans call the Maginot Line “strong but brittle.” ! Indeed, that frontier would seem to.be impregnable, but for the greatest of all this war's great unknowns. As Marshal Petain puts it: ; “The fundamental military laws are in danger. The airplane may impose its own laws.” ; : Spain and, lately Poland, seem to prove that with enough help from the air, infantry can still break through, despite modern automatic arms. Now, if on the Western Front it is proved that shells cannot ‘penetrate underground fortresses, can air bombs seal- them up by wrecking their protruding steel cupolas and re-verse-slope entrances, and hinder their reinforcement by breaking communications rearward? Only a trial can answer. And even then, eastern France offers no such tank country as did Poland. Behind the Maginot Line's “weak link” east of Nancy wait surrounding mountains ‘and’ fortresses io trap the Nazi mechanized forces. : ”» ”

” HEAD-DOWN, butting attack is for the Nazis not only risky with morale a bit doubtful,

but contrary to their Bible. That Bible preaches the glories of Cannae, where (216 BC) Hannibal crushed the Romans not by butting but by squeezing from flank and rear. His Carthaginians enveloped: them as Von Brau_chitsch enveloped the Poles. Against the Franco-British the/ Germans may first feint, as Hannibal did, at the front door, but really break into the house by going around to the back. The 1914 route is barred today by a strong Belgian army and fortifications; Dutchmen and dykes, with traps beneath canal ice. Then .comes the difficult Stenay entrance to France via the rocky Meuse-Ar-gonne A. E. F. battlefield. Even if the Germans stop short on Holland's northern coast, in closer bombing-range of Britain, they "are exposed to counter-at-tack not only by British but by French, the world's finest maneuvering force. The strong but relatively «= jerry-built Reichswehr, having won the break through, might thereupon lose the war like the Kaiser at the Marne. Ditto if they tried complete imitation of Cannae by a thrust through the not impassable northern region of Switzerland. Still, the Reichswehr Bible says: ;

“The first demand in war is decisive action. In doubtful situae tions it is more advisable to proe ceed actively and retain the initia tive, than to await hostile action.” 8 » =» T is a stupendous gamble, so the ‘Germans may. not try the back doors until their blows have the front door shivering on its hinges. - Rule or ruin! If Germany wins, she can divide up Scandanavia and the Balkans, and ' perhaps the British and French empires, too, with a Russia that will hdve become her full partner—if Germany wins! Until that “if” becomes cer= tainty, the world toils, armies form, factories hum. Any day now we shall begin to

see the answer to the great ride dle upon which ultimately the ane swer depends—the greatest riddle of all: Can great air power, fully and ruthlessly exerted, crush great sea power and industrial power. ; . If so, it is the end of democracy in Europe. :

Next—National ‘defense in the U. S.

HEWIT STUDIES

PROTEST ONTAX|

Municipal League Asks Delay in Gross Tax Collection Until 1941.

Gilbert K. Hewit, State Gross Income Tax director, today took under advisement the request of the Indiana Municipal League to delay the collection of the gross tax from cities until the 1941 session of the Legislature. « Municipal League executive committee members made the request yesterday at a meeting at the Claypool Hotel. Mr. Hewit said he would study th. matter and suggested it might be possible to de-

day the Jan. 1 deadline until March

1 for the benefit of municipalities. Tax Called Unfair League committee members protested the application of the gross tax to municipal governmental units, ‘asserting it was unfair for

one unit of government to tax an-

ther. . ~Mr. Hewit, who conferred with

committee members at some length, replied he could not waive enforcement.

He requested the League executive committee to draft a letter to him, setting forth objections to tax payment. City Corporation Counsel Edward H. Knight, of Indianapolis; Louis

Roberts, Evansville, city attorney, and Walter Helmke, Ft. Wayne city!

attorney, were named as a committee of three to draft the letter. Meanwhile, Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan disclosed that Mr. Knight had found the City liable for the tax after an investigation into the gross tax law. ° : “We are not going to refuse to pay any of our just debts, but we are going to wait until we see what other cities in the League are going to do,” the Mayor said.

Says Law ’Jeopardized’

Summing up the League’s position on the tax payment, Mr. Roberts warned that persistent efforts of the gross tax division to collect the tax in the face of municipal opposition Wold Seoparuiss the entire tax law “The purpose of the gross income tax law was to relieve the property tax, and to impose.this gross tax now would defeat this end,” he said. “I if this thing is pursued in the cities, there will be numerous litigation. No city has the money with which’ to pay and I think the entire gross tax law will PEMr. Hewlt said the, : . Hewit said there might have been “something we have overlooked,” but added it was his duty to assess the tax unless the law cold be changed. : veral members of the League replied that this was ! intention. he League ®

“What we want you to do is to

plish the maximum of good, particularly along hi

lines of training for future citizenship. :

wait until the next session of the

ture,” Mr. Roberts said.

Edwin Sells Edwin a Suit

TWIN FALLS, Idaho, Jan. 26 (U. P.).—Edwin Forrest Prater, former sheriff of A Twin Falls County, and Edwin Schreiber, lumber company. manager, were discussing clothes. Mr. Prater said the suit he was wearing had cost him only $14.50 six years ago. Mr. Schreiber didn’t believe it. : “I'll give you $15 for that suit right now,” Mr. Schreiber said. Mr. Prater peeled off the suit, trousers and all, laid it on the’ counter and Mr. Schreiber wrote a check for $15. Mr. Prater then put on his overcoat, climbed into . ‘his automobile and drove away.

STATE'S ‘FASCIST SETUPIS CRITICIZED

Times Special RICHMOND, Ind. Jan. 26.—The State Administration was described as a “Fascist government” by Gen. Robert H. Tyndall of Indianapolis

in an address before the Wayne County Men’s Republican Club here last night. = Gen. Tyndall, who has been mentioned as a possible candidate for the G. O. P. nomination for Governor, .declared “there must be a change in Indiana—a returh to sanity and progress in government.” “I believe the Republican Party can and will rectify the myriad of errors which have been made in Indiane since a Fascist government, wherein one man became an absolute ruler of a great state, was set up on Hoosier soil in 1933,” he said. “The Republican Party must first rid itself of self-sivied leaders who would sell their ublican birthright for a mess of Democratic pottage.” He urged repeal of the reorganization law which gave more power to the Governor, return of the Attorney General to an elective office, abolition of overlapping bureaus, radical cuts in state employees and elimination of the “school book and beer rackets.”

Ex-Shanghai

SOCIAL AGENCY "LEADERS NAMED

Three Directors Elected by Goodwill Industries at Meeting.

The Indianapolis Goodwill Industries today has three new directors. They are Wilson Mothershead, Indiana National Bank vice president; Leo Kaminsky, local attorney, and Dr. George Garceau, Indianapolis physician. They were chosen yesterday at the annual meeting in the Y. W. C. A. The Rev. Howard G. Lytle, executive secretary, reported that more persons were given employment through the organization last year than at any other time in its 10-year history. “fty socially and physically handicapped persons employed at the agency received $19,533.83 in wages. In addition 522 persons were given “opportunity wages” through the organization. This is a method whereby needy persons may work for clothing or furniture.

The Goodwill Indusiries collects |

discarded clothing and furniture from Indiandpolis households, cleans and repairs this and sells it in the four Goodwill stores here. The money is paid to persons employed in refurbishing the contributions. Those given “opportunity wages” were 102 more than in 1938. Regular ‘employees were 25 per cent greater than in 1938. Mrs. Winifred Kahmann of Riley Hospital explained the health, educatioh ‘and recreational opportunities provided through the organization. The~agency is at Noble St. and Fletcher Ave. and operates on the theory of “not charity but a chance.” \

WARD CANADY, ASSESSOR, DIES

ANDERSON, Ind., Jan. 26.—Ward Canady, Democratic assessor of Madison County for the last 10 years, died yesterday after almost six months of illness. He was 83. Surviving are his wife and two children.

Editor Sees

Japanese Revolution—If—

A revolution in Japan may result,

according to oJ. Gordon Harrell, former Shanghai newspaper editor and publisher, “when and if an armistice is signed between China apan.” Bn that the Chinese are in vastly better shape to fight the war now than they were a year ago. Mr. Harrell, who spent 11 years in Shanghai, returned to the U. 8. only recently. He spoke at the Advertising Club of Indianapolis luncheon at the Indianapolis Athletic Club yesterday. 4 ~ “The Japanese people are disgusted with the war,” he said. “This is true despite the

fact that Japa-

nese losses have been minimized and territorjal gains have been exaggerated. : 2 : “Newspapers telling of Japanese victories are not bought on the street ause the Japanese are too poor to buy them.” Mr. Harrell declared that the Japanese are not in real control of territories they “have conquered.” Chinese citizens in cities like Shanghai and Nanking who are peaceful citizens band themselves into ravaging, murdering bands at night, he sa ! :

"C. M. Davis, L. 'S. Ayres & Co. advertising director, introduced the speaker, SE $13 4

One of Largest in U. S,,

IN THESE days of cient art of price-haggling and b

City Market, 118 Years of Age, Keeps Old World Atmosphere

cient Art of Price-Bick

Center Is Haven for Anering ; to Issue 1st Ad.

By RICHARD LEWIS : streamlined, self-service supermarkets, the an-

gain-driving finds a refuge in the

City Market, Indianapolis’ oldest institution.

Thriving after more than 118

years, the Market last year made

a profit of $14,955.53 for the City. Each year it grows. New stalls and

new equipment are added and more

Yet with all this expansion, the market manages to retain its appeal for those who like the Old World marketplace atmosp.iere— the clamor, the confusion and the lusty competition of a babel of races, classes and nationalities. Said to be one of the largest . indoor markets in the nation—and one of the greatest in the world, it has been compared to great food centers at | Paris, London and Praha. 8 nn =» IN ITS 81574 square feet of floor space are 246 stands, 10 storerooms, three restaurants and parking space for 1200 cars a day. Overseer for this institution is Markeimaster Paul Lindemann, who since 1935 has succeeded in converting the market from an impending liability to the City’s No. 1 asset. City Market began in 1821 on a tract of ground known as Square 50. This site now is the west side of Military Park. It was a haymarket then, where farmers traded hay and grain for. wood, nails and tools. Later the market was moved to a plot now bounded by Kingan & Co., the Acme-Evans Milling Co. and No. 6 Engine House. As downtown Indianapolis developed, the market was moved to its pres‘ent location in 1833. fe It was then an open market, with a few sheds to protect produce from the rain. When Tomlinson Hall was built in 1866, the market went indoors permanently, for the Hall provided market space on the first floor and still does. The center market was housed in a wooden ‘shed open on three sides which was later torn down to make way for a brick building. In 1900, the west section of the market was built and in 1936 part of the west section was remodeled for parking space. | City records show the market has had a long history of controversy. In the 1860's, City Council wrestled with the market bell feud. ; 2 =» |» . THE OLD market bell was installed in the early '6)'s to institute uniform opening and closing hours for stallkeepers. Citizens who wanted to shop early opposed the bell. They told the Council the bell was rung too late and’ | they suggested the bell be eliminated entirely so that stallkeepers could open when they pleased. But ‘the ‘Council, | perhaps feeling the need for ation, re-

parking space is provided.

St. For more than half a cefiury the bell rang three times a week, then an electric bell system was installed inside the market. Last year, Marketmaster Lindemann went up to the tower to

find the bell. It was gone. No one knows what became of it. "Each year since the City took over the operation of the market in 1847, the marketmaster’ has made his annual report. In 1863, the market grossed $867.68 in stall rentals. Last year the market grossed $41,093.03. It’s operating expenses were $26,137.50, including $4000 for renovation. ; In 1940 the Market will take a new step. It will advertise for the first time in its history. Marketmaster Lindemann ‘believes wider use of the market will result.

TEST YOUR . KNOWLEDGE

1—From which country was the Gadsden Purchase made? 2—Who was appointed by President Roosevelt to succeed Attorney General Frank Murphy? : 3—What are the pigment primary colors? 4—Tetraethyl lead is used in smokeless powder, antiknock gasoline or dental fillings? 5—What is the name of the instrument used to measure humidity? 6—With = which sport is Wilford Wehrle associated? 7—Who invented the lamp? =~ : 8—Whepe is the Davis Strait?" : | 2 8.8 Answers

incandescent

1—Mexico. 2—Robert H. Jackson, 3—Yellow, blue, and red. 4—Antiknock gasoline. 5—Hygrometer, 6—Golf.,

8—It is that body separates Greenland fr North American

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