Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 1 May 1940 — Page 11

| WEDNESDAY MAY 1, 1940

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Hoosier Vagabond

Host SE WALES, Fla, May 1.—The Bok Tower, as tral Floris. know, is a tall stone shaft here in Cen“chimes” 8, with a carillon in it—mistakenly called Towe by most of us. It is known as the Singing v I. It attracts as many tourists, I suppose, as anything in Florida. It was built by the late Edward Bok, who made his money with the Curtis Publishing Co. of Philadelphia. The great tower was dedicated by President Coolidge in 1929. It stands on a hilltop about five miles from the small, neat city of Lake Wales. The country roundabout is heavily rolling —wooded with pine and orange trees—studded with lakes, It is very beautiful country. ; The a upon which the ee gh—the highest point in the Sate, Of course 324 feet isn’t very high, and yet oe Nn You drive up here, after weeks in the almost notonous flatness of lower Florida, you honestly seem to feel the altitude. a The grounds immediately surrounding the Tower re park-like. Wide trails paved with sawdust wind

through the shrubbery. You walk without the slightest sound,

Tower stands is 324

Bird Sanctuary and Park

The carillon bells are among the finest in the world. The concert season lasts from mid-December till late April, and we got in on one of the very last. There are four regular recitals a week, and each one lasts an hour. The music is classical, hymnal and semipopular, The crowds sit on park benches, on the Brass, in their cars, or stroll around. From any place in the grounds you can hear well.

The whole area is a bird sanctuary as well as a park for the great stone tower. The grounds cover 53 acres—the entire top of Iron Mountain, if you want to call it a mountain. The tower dominates, and you can see it from miles away as you drive. I dislike to speak critically of the Bok Tower and Sanctuary, for it was a pure gift to the world from a

Battle of Figures By Maj Al Williams

IN 1917 the United States promised to “darken the skies of Europe” with warplanes, and on the day the Armistice was signed there were exactly 960 American ships on the Western Front. In 1939 there began a battle of numbers as Secretary of War Woodring and Assistant Secretary Johnson vied with one another about fantastic quantities of planes urgently needed for the safety of America. All official Washington took part in this aviation spree, and the figures got to 10.000 and higher. Since then it has simmered down to approximately nothing, as the European belligerents get first choice at our aircraft factories, but talk about our production facilities still is big. “The American Miracle” is what the British aviation journal, The Aeroplane, sarcastically tags our aircraft production estimates. Looking coldly at the market as a purchaser, the British may be in a pretty good position to make their own estimates. hk & 4

The British Estimate

This aviation journal figures that if our plants turned out 6000 military aircraft last year, they were doing well. If 17,000 planes are turned out this year, and 30.000 in 1941, that means tripling production this vear and then doubling that next year. The journal says, “That represents a rate of expansion to which neither the British nor the German industry has ever been able to aspire. A six-fold expansion took five years in Germany.” The British have used authentic estimates in that comment, for Assistant Secretary Johnson has said that the capacity this year is expected to reach 17,010, and by the end of another vear, 30,000 to 40.000. He was obliged to mention, however, that the January (1940) production was 351 planes.

By Ernie Pyle

man who was good. And yet I cannot quite get it through my head what Mr. Bok was trying to do, or why. In his own words—in the little historical booklet they sell—he sought to ‘create a spot which would reach out in its beauty through the plantings, through the flowers, through the birds, through the superbly beautiful architecture of the Tower, through the music of the bells, to the people and fill their souls with the quiet, the repose, the influence of the beautiful . . .» And, the Sanctuary, “set apart from human strife, offers through nature's healing beauty and the music of the carillon a renewing of that inspiration which is as necessary to civic or domestic life as to the de-

fined arts.” ” ” o

A Dissenting Opinion.

Man-created beauty is always subject to individual judgment. To someone, the Bok Sanctuary-—deliber-ately labeled by its builders as superbly beautiful— may be just that. To me, the great Timberline Lodge on Mt. Hood in Oregon—built by WPA with no thought of sanctuary or communion with the spirit— is 10 times as beautiful and soul-stirring. A rich man creates a designed place of meditation; says, “Here in this garden I have made there is peace, and repose, and the seed of inspiration.” To me it seems absurd. Stand at any spot on the lonely foot trails of the high Rockies, climb down the cliffs to the wildly breaking waves of the California coast, live with the first green buds and singing robins and fresh soilsmell of spring on an Indiana farm—these are the things of inspiration, Maybe I am contrary, but I can find more solitude, more respose, more peace and dignity for my own spirit, sitting alone in a quiet room, in an easy chair, reading idly at a good book, than I can elbowing around with 5000 other hurried tourists, listening to some bells, that aren't as pretty as a good piano, playing a tune I don't like. The Bok Sanctuary and Singing Tower are fine, don't get me wrong. If you come to Florida you should not miss them, But if Mr. Bok were alive to take a

860 TEACHERS VOTED HIGHER PAY NEXT YEAR

Increases Approved by Board Range From $50 To $100 Annually.

About 860 Indianapolis publie school teachers who now receive less than $2000 a year were voted pay increases ranging from $50 to $100 a year by the School Board last night. The raises will be effective Jan. 1, 1941, and will increase the budget for instruction about $83,000. Teachers, principals, supervisors, and directors who now make more than $2000 a year will receive the same salary next year as they are paid now. The Federation of Indianapolis Public School Teachers had proposed increases which would have

boosted the budget about $145,000 more next year than this year.

Subject to Review

The Federation said, however, that its plan would have provided for higher minimum salaries but that the wage increases would have been spread over a greater number

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of years and would be smaller. The result, the Federation said, would have been that fewer teachers would be at the top of the scale and that within 10 years no greater amount would be paid out in salaries than now. The Board's action is subject to approval of the Marion County Tax Adjustment Board and the State Board of Tax Commissioners. The Board also voted an increase of teachers’ “sick pay” period from

cross-section of public sensitiveness to his great dream, I'm afraid he would find that We the People didn't get his point. Or maybe I, alone, am unworthy.

While an official U. S. Navy estimate of capacity has put the figure at 1500 a month, anticipated within ‘ 10 to 20 days a year. The salary 12 months, Read Admiral John H. Towers, chief of of the substitute teacher will be dethe Bureau of Aeronautics, indulged in speculation| ducted from the pay of the regular | od last week and stated that airplane production would Yeacher for a period not to exceed reach 25000 annually by the end of 1940. In that 20 days. instance, he raised the official Navy estimate by just| The Board said that most of the 7000 planes a vear. He also suggested that we could|lower bracket teachers salaries now look to 750 miles an hour as the ultimate speed of | have been restored to the 1931 level,

; n ess figure not in prospect | from which they were cut drastically planes, Jus Nang & guess Ye prusy during depression years. Higher

bracket salaries still are short of the 1931 levels, they said.

Building Decision Deferred

“The Board hopes that, as rapidly |as the problem of public financing can be clarified, progressive readjustments of salary may be A Board statement said “In

Confusion Is General

As a matter of fact, a responsible official of an aircraft company stated this month that 500 miles an hour will be obtained within the next two years, and that estimate is particularly significant since it| came one year after this company plastered the,

Wi ; : : | made.” es ith Je Sain aa ne of its ships made ,4,nting the schedule for 1940-41

This same type of] : : » : the Board is carrying forward a ship, in service in Europe today, is clocked at around | B ye the salary

310 miles an hour in straight-away flight. program of aro so far as the All this is part of general confusion, and people | victing complex social and financial one day must realize that numbers mean as much in| ditions seem to make possible.” aviation as they do in banking, and inevitably there The Board's building committee will be an audit. The reference to 750 miles an|,. ommended that action on a prohour speed diverts attention from the main issue—|,oceq new gymnasium for Manual the production of planes—and in speaking of Pro- ‘Training High School be deferred duction, the tendency is to skip lightly over today’s) ang withheld recommendation on a figures (cold and small) and point to tomorrow's ,,.onosed wing for Washington High hopes. ’ | School. Action also was deferred on This is not an innocent and harmless thing. It 5 request for additional R. O. T. C. buoys the public with a feeling of security that we facilities at Shortridge.

don't possess, and under stress of emergency, the | a —— showdown would be disastrous. In all this fantastic|

juggling of numbers, the public should hear some final commitment as to the actual number of firstline warplanes the U. S. Army Air Corps will have in service—fully manned by competently trained pilots—on June 30, 1941. That represents the only real air defense of America. What of it? An increase over the $4.048,000

Dr. D. S. Robinson, Butler U

receives the first published copy of the University’s new Victory Song. The copy was presented by its authors, Miss Mary Catherine Stair and Miss Stair is the daughter of Mr. and Mrs.

Tommy Wright (center). George Clement Stair, 3861 New Je of Mr. and Mrs. B. C. Wright, 3545

niversity president, (right, seated)

rsey St, and Mr. Wright is the son Kenwood Ave,

Local Firm Is Low Bidder For City Gasoline Contract

A joint purchasing committee of City officials today ruled the Associated Service Co., Indianapolis, low bidder on a four-months supply

of gasoline for City departments.

Twelve bidders submitted estimates on 41,500 gallons of regular and 11,000 gallons of premium grade gasoline for the Works, Park and

Safety Boards and the City Hospit The bid of the Associated Service Co.,, based on Chicago tank car prices, listed premium gasoline at 12.40 cents a gallon and regular at 11.15 cents. The committee wil recommend to each of the City Boards that the Associated Service Co. be awarded the contracts on the basis of its low bid. The committee disqualified the bid of the Crystal Flash Petroleum Co., Indianapolis, which was low on premium gasoline at 12.37 cents a gallon, on the grounds that the company had failed to submit the required certified check. Compared with prices the City departments paid during the last four months on a previous joint purchasing contract, the bid of Associated was one mill less on premium per gallon and 49 mills less on regular. . In the previous contract, which expired at noon today, Associated furnished the regular gasoline at 11.64 cents a gallon while the Perine

premium grade at 12.5 cents.

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FIRE DESTROYS BARNS, GARAGE

Night Blaze at Sutton Farm On Blemont Ave.

Fire of undetermined origin which started shortly before last night's [rainstorm destroyed two barns and 'a double garage on the farm of C. ‘0. Sutton, Belmont Ave. and Banta | Road, causing damage estimated at $10,000. The fire, believed to have started | on the garage roof, was carried to

and was beyond control when a fire

Nominally for Taft, Republ

doubtful states of Pennsylvan

Administrator Paul V. McNu holding the state Democratic

state ticket probably will not

FAILS TO HALT

MILK HEARING

Foundation’s Protest to ‘Open Market’ Session Is Overruled.

An attempt by the Indianapolis Milk Foundation to have the proposed order for an “open milk producers’ market” withdrawn and a hearing on the order adjourned was over-ruled today by the State Milk Control Board. More than 200 persons are attend-

ing a session at the State House called by the Milk Control Board for discussion on the proposed order. Under the present system, producers must send their milk to designated distributors where it is placed in a Class A pool or in a Class B pool at a reduced price. The proposed order would abolish this twopool system and producers would be permitted to sell to any distributor. The motion for withdrawal was introduced by Fae Patrick, attorney for the Milk Foundation. The motion contended that “the Board is without authority to draw up a proposal of this kind and then hold a hearing on its own proposal.” It also stated that it is “contrary

$10,000 Damage Done by to the powers given the Board by |alties.

the Milk Control Act,” and is not the intent of the Act. The motion was denied and the reading of the proposed order, section by section, for study was begun. Among groups supporting the proposal is the Federation of Community Civie Clubs which has outlined a program which includes a higher quality of milk as well as the open producers’ market proposal.

Cent-a-Quart Price Cut Goes Into Effect

‘Milk distributors in Indianapolis,

Oil Co, Indianapolis, furnished the nearby barns by the high wind [free from the price-fixing power of

INDIANA POLITICAL TREND IS CALLED ‘FAINTLY’ G. 0. P.

ican Leaders Actually Back

Gov. Bricker, Writer Reports; Irwin Toys With : Willkie Idea.

This is the third in a series of articles on the political situation in the

ia, Ohio, Indiana and Illinois.

By LUDWELL DENNY Times Special Writer

The present political trend in Indiana appears faintly Republican, with President Roosevelt or Federal Security

tt having the best chance of in November.

Internal Democratic fights have weakened that party. Constant Republican campaign talk against the Democratic Two Per Cent Club has impressed voters.

The Democratic be strong. But the magic of the Roosevelt name, or state pride in Mr. McNutt, might carry Indiana.

As for the Republican spresidential nomination, the G. O. P. leaders are lapt to follow the good old Hoosier trading technique. They have preferences, but not enough to keep {them off the bandwagon once it is | sighted.

Taft, Bricker or Willkie?

Thomas E. Dewey is now claime ing he will get at least a majority of the Republican delegates, after the State convention three weeks hence. He wowed the public at his recent Indianapolis rally, just as Alf M. Landon did four years ago. But he did not win over many of the leaders. At the moment the bosses are {pushing the little pea around under {three shells—Taft, Bricker and Willkie. Nominally most of them are for Senator Robert A. Taft (R. 0O.), but without enthusiasm, Actually they are for Gov. John W. Bricker of Ohio, whom they have just picked to keynote their State convention. National Committeeman Will Ire win is toying with the Wendell Wiil= kie idea—Hoosier boy made good in big .business world, more glamour (than F. D. R. and Mr. McNutt put together, and that sort of thing. But the other State leaders argue that Mr. Willkie's former member=ship in the Democratic Party wou.d ruin him among Hoosiers who are | notoriously partisan in political loy= They would tar him with (two names: “Turn-coat” and “utilie ties.”

Internal Fight Plagues G. O. P.

Actual Indiana strategy probably will not be determined until the Philadelphia convention. The first ballot vote probably will be divided |among Senator Taft, Gov. Brick= er, Mr. Willkie and Mr. Dewey, and held for later trading. The Republican organization in Indiana is not as strong as in Ohio or many other states. Like the Hoosier Democrats, it also has ine ternal fights—the troubles of Rep. Charles A. Halleck, who was a sen=

{atorial possibility; the lack of en=

: : the Milk Control Board, today were : : s The purchasing committee was crew from Engine House 26, Ray- | selling their delivered Oy at 11 | thusiasm for senatorial candidate

first quarter last year is indicated | composed of Leo F. Welch, Works mond and Webb Sts, reached the] : : .. | Raymond Willis, who was nosed in the collections being made for|Board vice president; Leroy J.'scene. Sparks fell on the roofs ofl isd Joan ii a i out in 1938, by Senator Frederick the first quarter this year, according | Keach, Safety Board president; A.'the nearby tenant houses of George down a cent. VanNuys, and hopes to run again; to incomplete tabulations reported |C. Sallee, Parks superintendent, and Collins and Marshall Todd, but no Yesterday the Board rescinded an mediocre gubernatorial aspirants, today by Gilbert K. Hewit. Albert H. Losche, purchasing damage was done. order which gave itself the power to| 2d Ku-Klux Klan and Townsend “Indications are that increased |agent. Motorists from miles around | ; : ? | Plan minorities.

. set th ric f milk t - {business volume and increased gen- gathered to watch the blaze, despite | qumer. i LOW 5 fot) But for all that, the G. O. P. the rain which started about : state organization is now much

This week the play opens on Broadway and, who eral income are continuing,” the {the r the distributors. | tr han it W : knows, before long road companies may be touring State Gross Tax Division director | 10 FROM U CENTER minutes after the fire began. Today's decrease in price was pro-| S7onget then 5 yas Wo Years 530 the country, winning audiences every night in favor said. There has been $3.570,796.69 : 1 | Mr. Sutton, a former county com= vided for by the Board last Decem- seats from ohe to seven gress) as of our entering the war, and releasing the suppressed in tax for the first quarter of 1940 missioner, who lives one-half mile | pe. when it raised the delivered tro Ho fone Fo OT uals urge to get in and help exterminate such monstrous tabulated. We can expect consid- 10 TALK AT CHICAGO east of the scene of the fire said | joe to 12 cents a quart, but With| cy iki red by volery desire conquerors and destroyers of civilization. (erably more than another half- several flashes of hghaning Fore) one rescinding of the Board's price agministrations. which—in the state I call attention also to a too-little-noticed speech million from those who took ad- [Seen in the vicinity of the PAINS, | control order the decrease today |at least—have grown rather fat and by Lord Lothian, the British Ambassador at St. Louis vantage of the extension clause and Ten members of the medical and | Put that there was no evidence any | actually came as a voluntary. move | arrogant 10 days ago. It is important not because it might be from the activities of the audit and/aqministrative staffs of the Indiana ©f the buildings were struck by the! = the part of the distributors. Strong in Farm Area

(Anton Scherrer was unable to write a column today because of illness) x collected in gross income taxes the

Washington

WASHINGTON, May 1.—I hope this will be read in the spirit in which it is written. Underneath the surface of public discussion, Washington is deeply troubled. The reason is that serious doubt exists as to whether the Allies can win the war. Not much is being said publicly, but anxious thought is being given to the future, not to the immediate future so much

By Raymond Clapper

as to the middle and distant future. Norway has had a profound effect. An incident of first-rate national meaning was the tryout here last week of a new war play, the Alfred Lunt-Lynn Fontanne production of “There Shall Be No Night,” by Robert E. Sherwood. I am not a dramatic critic and I call attention to this play only because it may have a deep influence upon national feeling about the war. Sometimes plays are more potent than statesmen in stirring the impulses of a people. This play, depicting the tragedy of Finland, seemed to me a rank, inflammatory job, pleading for intervention, sneering at our reluctance to go in. America was compared to Pontius Pilate, callous and cowardly,

evading a responsibility. = » »

"Audience Deeply Moved

Because all of this left me cold, notwithstanding the neat craftsmanship of the playwright and the cast, I was the more impressed that it played to capacity audiences, and sent them away moist-eyed. Most of those who saw the play were swept off their feet. Unfortunately, the audiences were predominantly women who are suckers for emotional crusading of the kind

which this play stimulates,

My Day

WASHINGTON, Tuesday —! have just met with

as heartrending a group of people as it has been my misfortune to see in a long time, very largely a

roup, though some white women were among folorea They came to tell me of their hopeless situa- " tion and I can best describe it by telling you one woman's story.

She was laid off WPA last August and has a bedridden mother, a sister and a nephew living with her. She lived until Jan. 4 by begging and borrowing and then was put back on WPA. The tears stood in her eyes when she told me she was laid off again and had an eviction notice and was to appear in court tomorrow morning. Two months rent is due and, even by at8 tempting to rent out some rooms, the payments. ont enfin Rin of Rambla there is an underw in the Public Assistance Bureau that no standing ne rson may be given relief, for they have employs ¥ take care of their 2000 nmempioyabie

only $900.000 10 20 the district are 1. The cut

le and ren ‘ \ A and people have ne ‘aid off, wp to happen to them? How would

British propaganda. but because some of the same field forces.” University Medical Center are|lBNtning bolts. Hewit said there is an In-|/c hequled to appear on program of |

ideas are held in important quarters here, Mr. |

One of the barns was a long

Lord Lothian said the Allies feel that they are the creasing interest in the use of gross the Tri-State Hospital Assembly in| building consisting of a granary

income tax collections as a baromet- | er of Indiana business conditions.

‘The gross income tax, being a tax|

last bastion of freedom in Europe,

5 ” 2 The Monroe Doctrine on volume of receipts and payable] four times a year, serves as a hair- |

“If we went down there would be nothing left in i.iccer indi i | Europe, Asia and Africa which could resist totalitarian Ln niigal y ot Soe or | domination,” he said. |lishments.” he said. : He recalled that Britain has supported the Monroe| A recent survey of tax payments Doctrine and that its security has rested upon the fact py representatives taxpayers in the that the naval bases on both sides of the Atlantic have various business and income classibeen in the hands of powers which supported it. [fications shows a nearly uniform “As a matter of fact,” Lord Lothian added, “the old | improvement income and amount 19th Century system has gone beyond repair. We are of pusiness done over last vear. The no longer strong enough to sustain it by ourselves. At increase in new tax accounts is in-| the moment you and we share sea power between us, |dicative of both increased income. as parity implies. Under present conditions we are tg a greater number of people and predominant in the Atlantic, you in the Pacific, The of new business being attracted to! future depends largely upon what respectively we do Indiana because of more favorable with our power, each in our own sphere.” {operating conditions.” Officials are thinking of these questions, of what | ee effect a Hitler victory would have not only upon Eu-| rope, but upon our defense in the Atlantic, upon Japan in the Far East, and upon our internai affairs as we! took a new stance to deal with a different world. | How can we best proceed to protect ourselves against these possibilities? Is it any wonder that men who take their responsibilities seriously are troubled as they think of the future?

AT INSTITUTE HERE:

Missionaries of every denomination in Indianapolis were guests today at the luncheon of the Missionary Education Institute in the Third Christian Church. Each guest made a short talk. The nominating committee was to report on candidates for an institute board of directors. The committee, headed by Mrs. R. Daries, is to nominate Dr.

By Eleanor Roosevelt]

from my day in North Carolina and a good part of | it was devoted to a meeting between members of P youth-serving agencies and youth-led agencies. We

have met several times before, but on this occasion we decided to put in a long day to discuss the problems which seem most important to the entire

Logan Hall, Dr. Errol T. Elliott, Mrs. Lola Root, the Rev. Roy H. Turley, H. E. Holloway, Mrs. George {L. Davis, Mrs. John A. Pounds, Miss

Chicago tomorrow and Friday. The meeting, to be attended by delegates from Indiana, Illinois and Michigan, also will he attended by members of the staffs of the Methodist and St. Vincents Hospital here. : Speakers from Indianapolis will include Dr. Gerald W. Gustafson, professor of obstetrics at the Indiana University School of Medicine, and Dr. George J. Garceau, orthopedic surgeon of the James Whitcomb Riler Hospital for children. Others will be J. B. HA Martin, Medical Center administrator; H. J. Peters, chief engineer; Edmund J. Shea, assistant administrator; James W. Carr, executive secretary of the Riley Memorial Association; Miss Virginia Watwood, occunational therapist; Mrs. Helen Schuller Miller, administrative dietician and president of the Indiana Dieticians

Association; Miss Lute Trout, direc- |

tor of nutrition, and Miss Dorothy Richardson, occupational therapist.

WPA MANAGER NAMED

The appointment of Elmer G. Wenz as manager of WPA District 1 at South Bend was announced today by John K. Jennings, State WPA Administrator.

Rises to Harass City Hall

January Drive on Parking

group—jobs and unemployment. I think the meeting was of value because it brought out many facts. One gentleman asserted he had heara fen Yivergent tacts, he found it difficult gi. wn to decide where the truth Jay. This is in itself a. <o gain, for at least we know that when we have ev: ol roy members R76 toe accepted certain things as truth and been 1ather tive secretary of the Church Fedcomfortable in accepting them, we may have been gration of Indianapolis and Mrs wrong. It will lead us to explore the disagreeable aries representing the Council of Shateinent, which may turn out to be the truth. Churchwomen. uring a recess, Miss Ida Pruitt brought me a| . soft and beautiful Chinese silk scarf, made by At re yon of dizsctofs, group of women in § co-operative started by Madame the year. These selections will be Chiang Kai-shek. Later in the afternoon, a young ratified by the institute at its closChinese woman who is studying designing in this ing session this afternoon. country brought me a lovely Chinese gown made by| The Rev. Joel Lee Jones, who reher own hands. Finally, Mr. and Mrs. Russell W. signed recently as Seventh ChrisJelliffe came to tell me about a most interesting tian Church pastor, is retiring development which they have fostered. | president. Today I began with a meeting of the Arthurdale,| The three-day institute is deW. Va, advisory committee. Then I opened my signed to instruct members of misseries of broadcasts and went to my annual lunch sionary societies in the study of with the Girl Scouts in their practice house. This|{the inter-denominational

‘Helen Gillespie, Mrs. Reuben H. Mueller, Dr. J. B. Ferguson, Mrs. C. Trent and Miss Genevieve

An echo of the Safety Board's unsuccessful attempt to enforce a State tail light law last January was heard at city Hall yesterday. The echo was rased by Lowell Troxell, 748 Union St, who wants his $2 back. Mr. Troxell went to the Police Station with his receipted sticker which he said he received for parking without a tail light last Jan. 24. He was referred to the office of City Clerk John Layton where Mrs. Bertha Meyer, deputy clerk, referred him to the office of Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan. There Mr. Troxell was stopped by Russell E. Campbell, the Mayor's secretary, who promptly made an investigation. Mr. Campbell discovered numerous legal complications surrounding the return of Mr.

year, the girls from 10 to 14 years of a

rToxell's $2, some of which may rove embarrassing for the City.

with 200 bushels of soy beans, a corn crib with 1500 bushels of corn, | and two tool sheds containing ex- | pensive power farm machinery, but no tractors. All were destroyed. The other barn was a joint hay[barn and stockbarn with between 30 and 50 tons of alfalfa hay. An automobile belonging to Mr. Collins was destroyed in the garage. Mr. Sutton said only about onecthird of the loss was covered by insurance,

NEW BOTTLING PLANT STARTS OPERATIONS

A new soft-drink bottling plant, | Birelev's Beverage Co. Inc.. began operations today at 619 Fulton St. The firm operates 200 bottling plants throughout the United States. Equipment capable of turning out more than 100,000 bottles a day tomato cocktail, | “lem-0-nip” has

One of the questions raised by City Attorney Michael B. Reddington, who was consulted in the course of the investigation, was whether the police were enforcing the City ordinance or the State law. If they were enforcing the State law, they probably had no right to issue a traffic sticker, according to Mr. Campbell's interpretation of Mr. Reddington’s interpretation. If it was a City ordinance, the sticker might be legal. But was it a City ordinance? Neither Mr. Campbell nor Mr. Reddington could remember and | Safety Board President Leroy J. | Keach, who might know, was out of | the building at the time. Mr. Campbell finally smiled wanly at Mr. Troxell and bade him to come back “tomorrow.” Mr. Troxell smiled, too. “You bet I'll be batk,” he said.

Proviso Was Made At the time the Board increased the price of milk numerous protests and objections by the Indianapolis Federation of Community Civic Clubs and other groups prompted the Board to place in the order a proviso that the price would drop again May 1. It was predicted at a public hearing before the Board last week that if the Board turned over the pricefixing power to the distributors there would be an immediate variance in prices among the competing companies until the normal rate eventually was reached.

MAY 6-12 SET ASIDE

AS ‘DINE OUT’ WEEK

Governor M. Clifford Townsend today proclaimed the week of May 6 to 12 as National Restaurant Week in Indiana and urged Hoosier families to make special efforts to “dine out” during the observance. In a proclamation, the Governor said, “the restaurant industry in this state and throughout the United States is a vital factor in American life by reason of its vast purchase of foodstuffs, its widespread use of modern equipment made by the industry and its influence as an emloyer of labor . . . “This important industry is deserving of praise for its persistent efforts in scientific preparation of food, high standards of sanitation and efficient service. “Statistics reveal that more than five billion meals were served in the nations last year. Restaurants are reported to pay a greater percentage of their income for wages than any other retail industry.” “I urge all families of this State to experience the advantages of dining out more frequently, thereby bestowing upon the restauranteurs of this State the recognition they deserve.”

ACTRESS TO RE-WED

HOLLYWOOD, May 1 (U, P).— Mary Kornman, 22, who played as a child in “Our Gang” comedies, and Ralph McCutcheon, 37, Colorado rancher, plan to marry July 6 at Greeley, Colo, she said todapg. Miss Kornman was divorced from her first husband, Leo Tover, movie cameraman. 3

While the Democrats take hope from the current Gallup Poll, which favors them 52-t0-48, the G. O. P. politicians count their chickens in decisive wards and districts. The Republicans now have 172 of Indiana’s 100 mayors and a majority of township trustees, elected in 1938, It is unbroken Hoosier history that the minority party getting a majority of township trustees in one election always carries the state in the next election. The G. O. P. is strong in the farm districts. In the cities it is winning back some of the balance= of-power Negro vote, which it lost to the Democrats after the Repub lican Ku-Klux Klan scandals. The most striking political phe nomenon in Indiana today is the lack of that enthusiasm which has marked Hoosier campaigns for a century. The old glint in the eye is missing. Mr. Roosevelt is neither as popular with the poor nor as unpopular with the business class as he used to be. Mr. McNutt is an old story. Sece retary of State Cordell Hull is remete. Mr. Dewey is suspect. Senator Taft is cold. Mr, Bricker is only a neighboring Governor. And so it goes. This attitude makes bossed cone ventions and nominations pare ticularly safe—and elections very uncertain.

MRS. TOWNSEND'S SISTER DIES AT 68

Times Special LAFAYETTE, Ind, May 1.—Fue neral services will be held here toe morrow afternoon for Mrs. Ida B. Carr, sister of Mrs. M. Clifford

Townsend, wife of Governor Towne send. Mrs. Carr, who was 68, died yes-

was born in Grant County ,and lived in Tipton before coming IL. “e, She is survived by her husbany Idrell Carr; two sons; a daughter; two sisters and a brother.

DROWNS IN LAKE SHAFER

MONTICELLO, Ind., May 1 (U, P.).—Samuel Sigman, 61, formerly of Wolcott, drowned yesterday Lake Shafer while fishing. He w thrown into the water when a pi broke. His companion, Henry Ridge-

ley, was rescued by Henry Gata,

terday after a short illness. She .

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