Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 8 March 1940 — Page 6

§ Advice From St. Louis to Be

Presented to Mayor's + Group. Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan's

- smoke abatement ‘advisory ‘commit-|

tee will be prepared to submit recommendations on methods of eliminating the smoke nuisance

about March 20, Chairman Albert O.

Deluse said today.» : : ince the advisory group met for - the first time last month, Mr. Deluse has been corresponding with the St.

, Mo., smoke elimination com-|"

mittee, which is similar in personnel and objectives to the Indianapolis group. -. . Sy He ‘said a‘ report from the S*. Louis organization with smoke elimimation recommendations will be presented to the mayor's committee,

Complete 75-Day Study

~The St. Louis committee, after a 75-day study, concluded that the only way to eliminate smoke was to -enforce. ordinances requiring that persons or plants burning high volatile fuels have mechanical equip-

ments to burn them smoklessly, or|

use smokeless fuel such as coke or gas. The St. Louis committee rejected 8 program of education such as has been in progress here for almost 20 years. The corfimittee also rejected the use of natural gas as too expensive and the exclusive use of coke as economically unsound.

.. Explains Coke Position. : Explaining its attitude - toward

- | Commissioners’ representative, while

Show Sponsor

Virginia Verrill . .". IU. Collegians . chose her as -guest of honor. TR .

Virginia Verrill, screen and radio star, has been named sponsor of Indiana University’s annual musical show, “The Jordan River Review.” Miss Verrill, singing radio star of “Uncle Walter's Dog House” and “Home Town,” N. B. C. broadcasts, will be guest of the student body on the Bloom=~ ington campus Wednesday, Thursday and Friday when the- show will be presented each evening. A performance is scheduled at English’s Theater here March 27.

2 RENAMED TO BOARD * FRANKLIN, Ind, March 8— Henry Demaree and Noble Ritchey have been reappointed to membership on the County Alcoholic Beverage Board. Mr. Demaree, who has served on the board since its organization in 1933, is the County

Mr. Ritchey was: named by Mayor

Mis. PERSON|

Detective Sergeant Steger|| |

| | been made. -‘now kept by the Record Bureau,

To Head Department at ‘Police Station.

day-announced the establishment ot a Missing Persons Bureau as a new unit of ‘the Detective Bureau of the Police Department.

ment’ and said that the personnel will-be decided upon after a study of the technique of operation has

Police records of missing persons,

show that an average of about 90 persons are reported missing a month. : Of these about 40 are natives of Indianapolis, and the rest are official. police reports of persons missing frcm other communities. Of the 40 reported missing from Indianapolis homes, by far the great: percentage are persons under 21 years of age. A large number of these are missing for a relatively few hours and return.voluntarily or “are found by police or acquaintances. : Heretofore, the police checkup on persons reported missing was done as a_ matter of regular police duty

er check on all reported cases.

Times Special * - KNIGHTSTOWN, Ind. March §. The. 95th anniversary of the First National Bank of Knightstown will be observed by the bank tomorrow. It was organized Jan. 9, 1865, and received its Federal charter March

Police Chief Michael Morrissey to- |

He appointed Detective Sergeant ||: “i | Allan Steger as head of the depart-

by the district men. The new de-| partment wil ‘make closer and fast-

BANK TO MARK ANNIVERSARY||

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smoke abatement education, the St. Louis report said that education had proved unsatisfactory after having been used since 1864.

7 FIRMS GIVEN $4300 IN PRINTING AWARDS

- Eleven contracts, totaling more. than $4300, have been awarded to seven printing firms by the State Printing Board. : . : The firms and amounts of their| contracts are: Ft. Wayne Printing Co., $59 for letters, certificates and fornis; ‘Burford Printing Co., Indianapolis, $90 for licensé forms and | court papers; Stewarts, Inc; Im dianapolis, $3030.75 for file holders and letter folders; North Street: Publishing Co., Hammond, $1000 for letter forms; Lawson & Worley, Indianapolis, $74 for 14,000 envelopes; ! Cleary & Bailey, Pt. Wayne, $41.50 for 3000: g. for Conservation Department; and. C. & J. Printing diafiapolis, $105.38" for. 24,000 for State Funeral Directors’

by private industry. : In commenting on. the effect. of Block’s Downstairs Store Advises . . .

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{AMMOND WILL GET JRC. OF C. CHARTER

Times Special = | HAMMOND, Ind., March 8.—The Hammond Junior Chamber of Commerce is to receive its charter at a! dinner March 13 at the Woodmar Country Club. The principal speaker is to be Harry T. Ice, Indianapolis, national vice president, who recently was chosen Indianapolis’ most outstanding young man of the year. The charter presentation will be made by Ernest Owens, presigent ‘of the Indidna Junior ChamTr.

. QUARANTINE TIGHTENED Times Special - an VALPARAISO, Ind, March 8— Strict ‘enforcement of the quarantine law has been ordered by Dr. H. O. Seipel, Porter County health commisisoner, in an effort to over-. comé«ghe current scarlet fever out-'

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