Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 30 April 1940 — Page 17
TUESDAY, APRIL 30, 1940
The Indianapolis Times
SECOND SECTION
Hoosier Vagabond
CLEWISTON, Fla. April 30.—These are pleasant, lazy days for us down here in the Everglades. We are so satisfied with things around us that we've just sort of taken root. The sun is astoundingly hot, and you are inclined to move very slowly, if at all In fact, I have gone so far as to arrange with the hotel manager for a little colored boy to come around once an hour and bat my eyelids for me. At night, the only sound in the still dark air is the distant bawling of a cow. The Governor was here yesterday, but we didn’t know it until today. That's the way things should be. It's better for the Governor, and better for the people. It gives the public time to read a good book.
And speaking of books, I've actually read one myself. It's the Abbe children’s latest one, called “No Place Like Home.” . The three Abbe children and Mama (Polly) Abbe left the wide happy lands of their Colorado ranch and went traipsing back to Europe last summer. They almost got caught by the war and had detectives after them and had a terrible time. The book tells their experiences. Tt is fast and gay reading. It has lots of Abbe-child philosophy on war and peace thrown in. It shows the Abbe kids are growing up. And it also shows, just as we've always said, that Mama Abbe is a very smart woman.
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An Ideal Hotel
Next to the weather and the people, the main reason for our tranquil state is the place where we're staying. I would be remiss in my duty as a reporter of things worth-while in America if I didn’t tell you aboyt the Clewiston Inn. It is an immense surprise to find it out here in this non-touristy place. It is the only really nice place to stay in a vast area 100 miles square. But it is so nice I'd put it up against almost anything in Florida. The Inn is less than two years old, It is a two-
Taft Lags
(This is the second in a series on the political situation in the doubtful states of Pennsylvania, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.)
COLUMBUS, O., April 30.—The Presidential candidacy of Senator Robert A. Taft is not safe even here in his home state. He cannot hold the Ohio delegation long in a deadlocked Republican National convention. Therefore he g must get the nomination on an early ballot or not at all. If nominated he is not certain of carrying Ohio in November. Running against President Roosevelt he would have no better than an even chance of election on the basis of present sentiment. Opposing Cordell Hull or Senator Burton K. Wheeler he would have only a slight edge. The truth is that Senator Taft has stirred no great enthusiasm among the home folks. The Ohio ; Republican politicians, who are nominally supporting him, think he would make an excellent President. But, they are asking, has he enough political appeal to win next fall? The key to the Ohio situation is not Senator Taft but Governor John W. Bricker. Of course Mr. Bricker withdrew his own candidacy, and the delegation will be solid for Mr. Taft on the first few ballots at Philadelphia. But it is mistakenly assumed that the Senator now controls the Ohio delegation of 52. He controls less than half. The Governor can deliver the majority,
” Bricker to Decide Therefore Mr. Bricker will make both of the two fateful decisions which the Ohio delegation probably will face at Philadelphia. One decision (unless Mr. Taft is unexpectedly nominated on an early ballot) will be on when to desert Mr, Taft. That decision, whether delayed or advanced, will either keep Mr. Taft in the race to the end or ruin him. It does not follow from this that Mr. Bricker will
By Ernie Pyle
story white brick, in British Colonial style. You could transplant it to Williamsburg, Va. and Mr. Rockefeller’s restorationists wouldnt be a bit ashamed of it. It sits all alone in a grassy park, and there is not a sound to disturb you. The rooms are tasteful to the last degree. And the price you pay is almost silly. As winter hotel rates go in Florida, you'd expect them here to run about $10 a day. And yet the Clewiston Inn operates the year around on traveling salesmen’s rates. You get a grand single room and bath for $250. You get a room without bath for $1.50. The Inn was built by the sugar company, largely to afford a staying place for the many salesmen who come here on business. Across the palm-dotted park, they are building a new general office building that matches the Inn in architecture. If they aren't careful, they'll unconsciously create here a place so lovely that tourists will forsake the seashore and come over here and trample down all the sugar cane. '
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Land of the Birds
One day we got up energy enough to drive around the west shore of Lake Okeechobee. It is a dirt road, and very “washboardy,” but I consider it one of the best drives in Florida, provided you go about 10 miles an hour, and stop every few minutes and shut off your engine. For it is all swampy on either side, and it is a wild life refuge, and so utterly swarming with millions of strange singing birds that you almost feel you are an intruder in a world that belongs literally to the birds, and not to man at all. I've never been much interested in birds, one way or the other. But out on that road I was absolutely fascinated. You see ducks by the thousands, all kinds of queer ducks. You see little cranes and big cranes. You see hideous buzzards with heads that are red and completely naked. You see a small strange brand of eagle. And black birds with red wings. When vou stop your engine, the air is alive with a twittering and singing and whistling of a thousand different tones that seems to extend like a vapor out over the marsh as far as imagination can cary. Nature indeed has her domain out there, and man is lucky to be tolerated by the citizens of the air and swamp.
By Ludwell Denny
knife Mr. Taft and try to get the nomination for himself. On the contrary, Mr. Taft is now getting loyal and full Bricker support. But if that does not nominate Taft quickly, then Mr. Bricker will be free. Mr. Bricker is the real favorite not only in Ohio but in Indiana. He was also the original dark horse candidate of the powerful Joe Pew in Pennsylvania. But it is improbable that the convention would turn immediately from one Ohio candidate to another. So Mr. Bricker is now in third or fourth dark-horse position, after Supreme Court Justice Owen J. Roberts and House Minority Leader Joseph W. Martin. The significant point is not whether Mr. Bricker will be able to cash in on his off chance at the Presidential or Vice Presidential nomination, but that he will be one of the half-dozen big boys in that Philadelphia back-room.
n » Ohio Trend G. O. P. On the Democratic side, the situation is not so clear. The delegation will not be controlled. If the President does not run, he cannot deliver most of his delegates to his handpicked candidate. The man who gets the gubernatorial nomination here on May 24—-maybe the unpopular former Governor Martin L. Davey, because of the split in a field of seven—will have some strength in the national delegation, but not much. Next to Mr, Roosevelt, the most popular candidates are Mr. Hull and Mr. Wheeler, Some think Mr. Hull would run almost as well as Mr. Roosevelt. Mr. Wheeler is the second-choice candidate of strong labor groups and of at least five of the eight Democratic Congressmen. The Ohio tremd is Republican. The G. O. P. gained 13 Congressional seats two years ago, and increased its vote more than 7 per cent in two recent special elections. The Bricker state administration is popular, after the messy Democratic Davey rule. In the farm and small town districts the current is anti-New Deal. Isolationist sentiment is dominant and growing. The Gallup Poll on party preference shows Republican 51 per cent to Democratic 49 per cent. But all agree the election will be very close, depending on nominees and campaign issues.
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(Anton Scherrer was unable to write a column today because of illness)
Washington
WASHINGTON, April 30.—Fear in Congress that British speculators would profit unduly is one of the chief reasons for opposition to the State Department’s effort to accumulate emergency reserves of rubber and tin. We have on hand supplies for only about three months. Congress has appropriated only a fraction of the modest sum which the State Department requested for purchase of reserve stocks. There is some point to the objection that larger appropriations probably would go in part toward the profits of British speculators, although it does seem that, considering the difficulties of the British now, they might be agreeable to protecting American purchases from gouging. Rubber and tin are just as essential to us now as American airplanes are to the British. It happens that both of these essential raw materials, which we must import from the East Indies, are practically British-Dutch controlled monopolies. ” » ”
Tin From Bolivia
It happens also that we could develop both tin and rubber sources on the Western Hemisphere and we should do so. Some time and money would be necessary, and such effort should not interfere with immediate stocking up from the Far East. Brazil is the native home of the rubber tree, but the industry died out after improved varieties were developed in the East Indies. Private efforts to revive rubber growing in Brazil were made a few years ago, but the varieties planted were not successful. Labor costs are higher, too. But it seems so decidedly to our interest to develop rubber sources on the Western Hemisphere that we ought to devote adequate funds to that purpose now.
My Day
WASHINGTON, Monday.—I had a very full day yesterday. We left the hotel in Charlotte, N. C., a little after 9 o'clock and visited two centers within a five-mile area outside the city. The first one, a boys’ resident center, was giving the boys training in construction work. They were building a number of buildings and putting their own camp in good working order. The allied training in arithmetic, reading blue prints, English and all matters pertaining to the jobs they are doing, seemed very excellent. During the day we traveled across the state toward Raleigh. The girls’ centers are stressing home-making, but at the same time they are trying to branch out and give them more than sewing and the strictly homemaking courses. They teach upholstering, first aid which may be used in home nursing and a certain amount of clerical work. The original thing about their program for girls is the fact that to meet the needs in their own state, they are combining training. For instance, a girl can learn clerical work and salesmanship, and serve either as a salesgirl or in the office, if she is not busy behind the counter, In small
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By Raymond Clapper
It also is possible to protect ourselves somewhat with regard to tin, through the Bolivian tin mines. They are high cost producers and we do not have a normal tin-smelting industry. But during the first World War we did fall back on Bolivian tin and we did our own smelting. There are signs that our own smelting industry is beginning to move into this situation. However, it is questionable whether over a long period Bolivian production would be adequate. Normal output is about 25000 tons a year and during the World War that was increased to perhaps 50,000 tons. Our normal domestic consumption is about 80,000 tons.
Cotton for Rubber
Before the war began we entered a barter arrangement with Great Britain whereby we agreed to trade cotton for rubber. We had wanted to obtain tin in the same way but those negotiations did not materialize for certain reasons at the other end. The rubber deal involves, however, only 87,000 tons of rubber, as against our total normal consuraption of 600,000 tons. Delivery was retarded and less than a third of the total amount involved in the swap has left the docks at Singapore for the United States. So that the swap is only a minor contribution. It might be enlarged. Indeed, we can afford to offer every inducement to get it enlarged, for if we can pay for these needed supplies in surplus cotton, so much the better. We have, at any rate, shut off the shipments of rubber and tin to Russia. They were rising rapidly last December, from nothing at all. Pressure from Washington shut off the sales, as it was obviously not to our national interest to feed out these precious raw material imports to Russia—very likely to be trans-shipped to Germany. Our experts have developed some of the finest war instruments in existence. But, on the economic side, we bungle our defense precautions and take a chance on muddling through.
By Eleanor Roosevelt
towns this is very necessary and will mean increased employability for the girls. We also saw one of the best agricultural projects I have seen. The boys are building their own cabins of
the type used on farms in that vicinity. They cut down the trees and strip the bark, On one of the projects they make the shingles used on the roof. They do all the cement work, wiring and plumbing. They work in the fields and do some really valuable farming, because it will prepare them for some of the changes which must be made if the agricultural life of the state is to be improved. One of the most valuable things done in all these resident projects is education in a democratic way of life, They have established self-government. The boys and girls take responsibility and function as they should in their own communities. to be a tremendous help in making them conscious of their future responsibilities as citizens. We ended the day by arriving in Raleigh about 7:30, and the entire staff entertained the Governor and Mrs. Hoey, Miss Thompson and me at dinner, It was a distinctly profitable and encouraging day for me, I felt the young people were happy and hopeful, that John Lang was a successful NYA State Administrator and his staff—all of them young—had the qualities to continue to develop this program profitable,
7 ‘DEPRESSION YEARS BLAMED ON NEW DEAL
U. S. C. of C. Hears First in Series of Attacks on Administration.
* WASHINGTON, April 30 (U. P). —President W. Gibson Carey Jr. of the U. S. Chamber of Commerce blamed the New Deal today for the “depression or near depression” of the last seven years and charged that its only accomplishments were “distress, labor disturbance and general bewilderment.”
Addressing the first general session of the Chamber's 28th annual meeting, Mr. Carey said that ‘“opportunism, fanciful economics, threats, inconsistencies and the assumption by our Federal Government of an ever-expanding authority have kept this nation in a slough of despond.”
President William Mather Lewis of Lafayette College told a Chamber luncheon session that reactionary {groups preaching a return to the | economies ways of the pre-depres-sion era are as dangerons as radicals. He said it is time for American educators and the forces behind them to “come out of our academic and social bomb proofs” and face the problem of acquiring and applying knowledge to human needs.
Lists 3-Point Program
Mr. Carey listed a reduction In Federal expenditures, a balanced budget and a reduction of the national debt as “fundamental changes most needed.” “In due course,” he added, “we should further encourage productivity and the full use of our resources by reducing taxes. ...” His was the first of a series of attacks on the Roosevelt Administration at the second day of the meeting. Governor Raymond E. Baldwin (R) of Connecticut charged the New Deal was giving business and industry the “jitters” and had brought private enterprise and production to a standstill. Neither speaker mentioned the President nor the New Deal directlv but they left no doubt that they were referring to the present Administration.
Cites National Debt
Mr. Carey, who is president of the Yale and Towne Manufacturing Co., cited as alleged results of Government mismanagement and 43 billion dollars national debt, the recurring deficits, and the record-breaking Government payrolls and subsidy or relief payments. “Much of this situation,” he said, “has been engendered by the policies of a Federal Government which has itself, by error after error, continued the so-called ‘emergency’ which long since should have passed. “What we need most in this emergency is sound leadership in Government. Parenthetically, I must add that part of the blame for it rests on our shoulders. For the future, however, through our activity and that of others, we as a people must see that we effect corrections.”
Asks New Declaration S. Wells Utley, president of the Detroit Steel Castings Co., Detroit, declared in another luncheon address that the United States needs a new Declaration of Independence, not only from European political and economic ideas but from bureaucratic interference with natural tides of progress imposed by “deluded human beings.” Frank B. Jewett of New York, president of the Bell Telephone Laboratories, Inc. suggested that heavy taxes, high business costs, artificial restrictions on wages and hours and costly litigation all may be blessings in disguise because they stimulate effort to invoke scientific methods for overcoming these obstacles. Harrison E. Howe, Washington, editor of Industrial and Chemistry, said that changes continually taking place within science itself and those created by science are responsihle for some of the important new frontiers offering a challenge to invention.
Van Zeeland Also Talks Governor Baldwin, who addressed the delegates on “common objectives of business and Government,” said that the nation has had “enough of defeatism in Government's attitude toward private enterprise.” Dr. Paul Van Zeeland, former Prime Minister of Belgium, told Chamber members last night that United States businessmen may play a decisive role in post-war reorganization of world economy on an international basis. First care must be to suppress or abate artificial obstacles which
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hamper the circulation of goods, {capital and men, he said. To this lend he indorsed the New Deal's (reciprocal trade treaty program. | William* Fortune of Indianapolis [was one of nineteen nominees for vacancies on the board of directors. The nominations are tantamount to election, which will be tomorrow.
RAIL LODGE TO MARK
Little Boys and City Traffic Don't Mix
ASSESSOR MAPS
‘CLEAN-UP DRIVE
15,000 Have Yet to Send in Lists: Deadline Is May 15.
The Center Township Assessor's “clean-up drive,” designed to bring in property assessment lists from “delaying taxpayers,” began today. The deadline is May 15. Center Township Assessor James P. Cunningham said there are at least 15,000 property owners who have yet to mail in assessment lists, although they have had the forms in their possession for more than a month. These “hard to find” property owners will be sought by 150 deputy assessors, who have been switched from their assigned districts for the “drive.” Mr. Cunningham believes that deputies who go into a new district can make more progress toward bringing in the lists. The assessments made now for taxes to be paid in 1941. Meanwhile, County Treasurer Walter C. Boetcher announced that more than $3.000.000 has been paid by Marion County property owners in spring taxes since the first installment period opened March 15. These taxes are being paid on assessments made last year. Mr. Boetcher estimated that between now and the taxpaying deadline at 5:30 p. m. Monday, tax payments totaling more than $6500.000 will be paid. The total county's tax bill for 1940 is approximately $18,000,000.
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40°PLEAD NOT GUILTY
T0 ‘BINGO’ CHARGES
FRANKLIN, Ind. April 30 (U. P.). —Forty persons arrested Saturday night by State Police in two raids on alleged “bingo” establishments at the Marion-Jackson County line yesterday entered pleas of not guilty in Johnson Circuit Court. All were freed on bonds totaling $15,200. Bond was set at $2000 each for Alex Corey and John Cronin, alleged operators of “The Barn,” and William and Sam Zathirion, alleged operators of “The Rainbow.” Bond for the 36 others was set at $200 each. Affidavits charging the four alleged operators with keeping a gaming house were filed by Prosecutor Flva L. Branigin Jr. The others were charged with acting as agents for a lottery. No dates were set for their trials.
120 AT MISSIONARY EDUCATION INSTITUTE
One hundred twenty delegates are attending the Indianapolis Missionary Education Institute in the Third Christian Church, the Rev. Joel Lee Jones, institute president, announced today. The three-day course started yesterday. The Rev. Mr. Jones named Mrs F. R. Daries as chairman of the institute nominating committee with Mrs. Jesse Towns and the Rev. L. C. Trent as the other committee members.
Times Phovos. Ernest Mitchell, 4, at left , , . his one mistake resulted in a | broken leg. | Six-vear-old Larry Ward, right, a lucky traffic rule violator . . , | he promises his sister, Lera, he will do it no more, | ” ” » » ad »
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Even Sitting on Curb Brings Disaster, Ernest Learns
Larry Ward, 6, made two, or maybe three, errors yesterday. He left his own vard at 513 W. Henry St., against explicit orders from his mother, Mrs. Mary Ward. His sister, Enola Ward, 14, who was tending him, wasn’t looking at the moment. He picked up some stones under the impression they would serve as money at the neighborhood candy counter. And he dashed from be-
tween parked cars into the path of a car at West and Merrill Sts. on TWO INJURED IN
his way to buy the candy. Tech Pupil, Driver of Other
The car driven by Lewis Hoover, 69, of 513 N. Oxford St. bore down Car Hurt; Six Passengers Safe.
on him and Mr. Hoover applied Two persons were injured today
brakes that stoped the car very when an automobile containing
quickly, according to witnesses, Even so, Larry was struck, and thoroughly frightened. “I heard the brakes scream,” he said today. “Then they were talking to me.” By the “they” he meant seven Technical High School pupils and another car collided at Vermont and Oriental Sts. The injured were Robert L. Wilson, 17, of 1263 Shelby St, a pupil, driver of one car, and Harry Delat,
police, who took him home, Larry has only a scratch on his elbow %o 73, of 2001 E. Michigan St. driver of the other car.
show for the adventure, but he has, Six other pupils, all on their way
according to his mother, a splendid memory of that awful moment when he was struck. “They told me at the store,” she said, “that if the man’s brakes had not been so good, Larry would have to morning classes, escaped injury but were badly shaken up, according to police. They were Helen Wilson, 20, and John J. Wilson, 16, brother and sister of the injured boy; Carl Breako,
been badly hurt.” Four-year-old Ernest Mitchell, on the other hand, made only one mis18, of 1518 Barth Ave.; Paul Sutter, 17, of 1406 Barth Ave., Richard Griffin, 19, of 1044 Hosbrook St., and
take and to day he is in City Hospital with a broken leg, one of the Edwards Mills, 18, of 1123 Olive St. The injured youth was taken to
uncomprehending young victims of City Hospital with a severe cut on
city traffic. Ernest, who said he had tired of his other play momentarily, sat on the curb in front of his home, 1428 8. Illinois St. “I was just watching the cars go by.” he said today as he lay in a white bed in the children’s ward of City Hospital. That's about all he would say, too, because his leg hurt and he didn’t like being away from home no matter how nice the nurses were to him. He sat watching the cars speed by, when Austin Green, 30, of 2215 Winter Ave. sitting in his parked car just ahead, accidentally touched east on Vermont St. the starter button. Neither of the streets at the inThe car was in reverse gear and| ia section is preferential, when Mr. Green's foot slipped) The jmpact of the crash turned the car backed over Ernest's leg, young Wilson's car over twice, and breaking it. after skidding it jumped the curb Today Ernest told nurses he|angq landed on a grass embankwould never again so much as put ment, his feet down a curb unless he was| Police took the uninjured students with some one older boy who could | to their homes. take care of him. Walter Gilchrist, 14, of 5305 E. The consensus of the families of 10th St, a Howe High School athhoth boys was this: Little boys and |lete, was city traffic don't mix without some one getting hurt.
to the Methodist Hospital with head injuries and suffering from shock. Police said the car containing the pupils was traveling north on Oriental while Mr. Delat, the only person in his automobile, was going
struck his bicycle yesterday in the 5100 block of E. 10th St.
It's Been a Long W eek-End;
— Although at first it was thought at Methodist Hospital proved he had IS SET FOR TONIGHT received only bruises and he was | Monday he won pole vault, broad WETHERSFIELD, Conn. April jump and high hurdle contests at ble electrocution will take place at — State's Prison here tonight at 10) The condemned men, Vincent STOCK SOLD By U, S. Cots Jr., 32, Middletown, Conn. and | tain, N. C.,, will die for the slay- IN WORLEY TAX CASE ing of Joseph G. Dripps, MiddleJan. 21, 1939. The slayers’ loot par value stock of the Crystal was $6. Flash Petroleum Corp. were sold for | slayer. Weaver accompanied him to| Court House steps today. The Fed[the store and waited in an auto-| eral Government sale was made by District Attorney, to John E. Fehsenfield, corporation president, the Following the sale, Federal Court Judge Robert C. Baltzell conferred
DOUBLE EXECUTION his hip was broken, an examination |sent home, 30 (U. P.).—Connecticut’s first dou-| school. o'clock. Ira Allen Weaver, 35, King's Moun=town storekeeper, during a holdup| Four hundred ninety shares of no Cots was convicted as the actual $7500 at public auction on the | mobile. Howa.d Caughran, assistant U., 8, only bidder. with Mr. Fehsenfeld and Mr. Caugh-
Nelsons Hope It's Over Now and then postponed ruling on
Everybody's All Right but It Was Nip and Tuck For a While.
It's been a long and busy weekend at teh home of Abe Nelson, 922 Union St., but everything's all right now. Mrs. Nelson started the week-end
75TH ANNIVERSARY
The Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, Division 11, Indianapolis, will celebrate its 75th anniver- | sary tomorrow at the Hotel Washington. The Division, formed here in August, 1863, is one of the oldest in the United States. George W. Laughlin, Cleveland, national first assistant grand chief engineer, will speak on the organi- | zation at a 1 p. m. session which | will be open to members only. More than 250 persons are ex-| pected for the 6:30 p. m. banquet which will celebrate the 75th anniversary of the division and will honor members having 40 years) continuous service in the Brother-| hood and the Grand International Auxiliary. Guests at the banquet will be Mr. Laughlin and Mrs. Elizabeth | Heinerwald, Philadelphia, Auxiliary | first grand president. A dance and | card party will follow the banquet. |
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officially at 10 p. m. Friday at the hospital when a new baby was born. Two and a half-year-old Max started to cry at 5 a. m. today and Mr. Nelson arose to take care of
| him. He had him #1 his arms at the
head of the stairs. He felt for the light, missed that and the top step
lon the stairs, too, and fell all the
way to the first floor. Libby, Max's older sister, heard
the commotion and rushed to the
stairs. “1 got a funny feeling,” she said. “I got almost to the bottom of the stairs and then I guess I fainted The next thing I knew my father was putting my head under the cold water. “I feel all right now. “He's all right, too,” she said, pointing to Max. “He was bruised and he got a nosebleed, but he feels fine now.” Mr. Nelson wasn’t hurt, either. He was at Ezres Achim Hebrew Temple today because it is the last day of the Passover.
the sale until he has received the | written report of James N. Wood, |special master. Judge Baltzell can Site approve or disapprove of the sale. |. The sale grew out of a Federal income tax suit against Claude M. Worley, former Indianapolis Police Chief. Worley was fined $10,000 and sentenced to five years in Federal Prison on charges of evading in{rivy taxes. He was released in | Later Mr, Fehsenfeld and the #4 | Corporation were made parties to a |eivil suit to collect $19,402.84 in | fines, taxes and interest from Wor(ley. The Government also attached | 490 shares of stock in the Corporation owned by Worley as a director. These were ordered sold by Judge |Baltzell to help satisfy the judge [ment against Worley,
CHANGE WAGNER ACT,
WASHINGTON, April 30, — Rep. John W, Boehne (D. Ind.) received 13 letters from Indianapolis fruit and vegetable wholesalers today and each one read exactly as follows: “We urge you to especially supthe Smith Amendments to the agner Act and in favoring us it will help our business and those who are closely connected in our line of business.” | Each was written on a separate letterhead and signed by the head of the firm sending it. Max Nelson . . . his ery in the “This is a form letter, new style,” night started things happening. ted.
his right arm. Mr, Delat was taken |
injured when an auto,
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TEACHERS’ PAY
BOOST BEFORE BOARD TONIGHT
Federation Plan for Salary Increases Gets Last Chance to Pass.
A plan for teacher salary ine creases that Indianapolis teachers
claim would cost no more than the present schedule “in a few years” will be discussed by the School Board at its meeting tonight. The law requires that teachel salaries must be decided upon be= fore May 1, and tonight's meeting is therefore the last opportunity for the Board to make its decision. The proposal of the Federation of Ine dianapolis Public School Teachers, asking the new schedule, has been before the Board for two months. Other items of business expected to come before the Board tonight are bids for enlarging of the Wash« ington High School cafeteria and bids for backboards, lockers and stage equipment at Howe High School. Explains ‘Equalization’
The Federation declared that the proposed new salary schedule would cost the School City a total of approximately $145,000 next year, but that the cost would decrease each year until not later than 10 years from now the schedule would be equalized at the 1940 figures, The Federation said this would be possible because although the minimum salary would be higher than at present and the wage increases would extend over a greater number of years, annual increases would be smaller and there would be fewer teachers at the tédp of the salary scale, - The Indianapolis schools in 1927 set up a schedule of annual ine creases in teachers’ pay. These increases were suspended in 1931, but since 1936 attempts have been made by the School Board to put this schedule into effect again. The Teachers’ Federation in its report presented to the Board in March criticised the 1927 schedule as being “originally planned for a small group within the system and for that reason not actuarily sound for city-wide application.”
Advantages Are Claimed
The Federation sald the new schedule would attract teachers of [higher personality and character, | encourage teachers to locate perma= |nently in the community and en= |courage greater harmony among | parents, taxpayers, school officials |and teachers. The proposed schedule would di« vide teachers into four classifica tions according to the amount of {educational training. Teachers with less than four years of college [training would start with $1250 a |year and reach of maximum of [$2200 in 13 years. Teachers with la four-year college course would [start at $1250 and reach a maxie (mum of $2300 in 14 years. Holds (ers of a bachelor’s degree would {start at the same figure as those | without degrees, but would be able [to reach a maximum of $2650 after [18 years. Holders of master's des grees would start at $1350 and [reach a maximum of $3000 after 22 | years, | At present, according to the Fed(eration, 32 per cent of the teachers [in Indianapolis are receiving sal« aries ranging between $1050 and $1700, with a total of 60 teachers below the minimum of $1250 asked [by the Federation last year and | this. According to the Federation, the |average for all elementary teachers lin Indianapolis is $1908 a year, (compared to a national average of [$2277 for elementary teachers in [cities over 100,000, and the high [school average here is $2173, come pared to a national urban average |of $2784.
2 GIRL RUNAWAYS REPORTED FOUND
Two 15-year-old Indianapolis girls who ran away from home last Wednesday have been found at San Angelo, Tex, police reported today. Leaving a note saying they were unhappy at home, the girls were re« ported to have crawled out the pede room window of one of their homes, where they were spending the night together, In the note the girls asked that police not be notified, because “we couldn't be caught.” They said they were going to Kentucky. The mothers said today they had communicated with the chief of police at San Angelo, who is taking care of the girls, and arranged for their safe return.
TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE
1--What are young spiders called? 2--Which U, 8, President was nicke named “Old Rough and Ready?” 3—In which department of the Gove ernment is the U, 8, Secret Service? 4—-What are the Constitutional due ties of the Vice President of the United States? 5--Do mice grow into rats?
6-—~What is the unit of currency in Brazil?
Answers
1-—Spiderlings. 2--Zachary Taylor. Treasury Department. 4-To preside over the Senate. 5-No. 6-Milreis,
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