Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 11 June 1940 — Page 13

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“| ~ TUESDAY, JUNE 11, 1940

Hoosier Vagabond

(Ernie Pyle is on vacation and at the request Of readers we are reprinting some of his favorite .. columns.) tai

CARLSBAD, N. M, April 15, 1938.—At 2:30 in the afternoon you are getting close to the end of your pilgrimage through the Carlsbad Caverns. For hours you have wandered in a world of halflight, amidst millions of shadowed fantasies. You : have lost all feeling of reality. You have stepped away from life; you have hecome a part of fairyland. The trail rounds a big rock. and ahead of you lies a white slope, roofed far overhead by solid rock which makes a dark sky. The light is dim. The dark world widens as you climb the slope, and finally you reach a height, and stop

there with your fellow travelers.

to rest on the dusty white rocks. "A large man in green uni“form steps forward and stands at the foot of an immense “candle-dripped” stone column. He is Col Thomas Boles, superintendent of the caverns. day he has kept in the background, one of the crowd. But now he. takes charge. He asks for silence and complete attention. . He gets it, even from the children. " : ps 8 »

An Impressive Moment

Col. Boles makes a little informal speech. He tells us of the unbelievable things we have seen. He dwells upon the great column hehind: him. Here if stands, tall as a house, big around as a room, hundreds of tons in weight, beautiful as Heaven ~yet formed so slowly that between the time of the Pyramids and today it has grown not muclf ‘more than the bulk of your folded fist.

Qur Town

THE MOODY REFLECTIONS about to follow are

the result of a letter sent by a lady in Spencer who begs me, for pity sake, to stle the question of the first child born in Indianapolis.

I don't know what got into the lady of Spencer. Certainly, this isn't the time to be thinking of such things. This is the time to be wondering not about the first baby, but about the.last baby to be born in Indianapolis. Dorothy Thompson, the birth of ‘the last Indianapolis baby isn't far off now. Inasmuch, however, as my ; correspondent may be a cash | customer of mine, and since if ’ ‘behooves me to husband all my resources (Walter Lippman), I don’t see why shouldn't humor the lady. Heaven knows, I've spent most of my life trying to please the ladies. I wonder whether the lady in Spencer knows that ghe has maneuvered me into the most ticklish situation of my columnar career. I suspect she does. I know durn well she does. Knowing women the way I do, it wouldn't surprise me to-learn| that she wrote the letter with no other purpose than to see me squirm to get out of answering it. = t ”

Accepting a Challenge

_ Well, I'm going to answer her, happens. Just the same I want ‘ realize the fix I'm in. The fact of the matter is that no less than three women claim to be the mother of the first baby born in Indianapolis. At that, we can thank our stars that more women didn’t claim: the honor. It might have been more than a dozen because, as near as can figure, the settlement around here had all of 15 married couples on Jan. 6, 1821, the day the Legislature ratified the selection of the site for the capital of Indiana. Maybe it might pay to mention the names of the mand petple. For several reasons: (1) Because of

Washington

TOPEKA, Kas. June 11.—Republicans are being urged by former Governor Landon to avoid the usual, windy, detailed campaign platform so dear to oldfashioned political tradition, and to adopt for this year a brief creed or “post-card platform.” Mr. Landon’s suggestion, which has met with favor among some party leaders, is prompted by the exceptional crisis which is swiftly changing American opinion almost from day to day. How can the party take a fixed position on details cancerning the war and foreign policy at " Philadelphia two weeks hence, and be certain its solemn pronouncements will not look silly four months later when the election campaign will be closing? Only a few weeks ago, Thomas FE. Dewey was vowing he would never favor repealing the Johnson Act and permitting loans to the Allies. Last winter most Republicans were opposed to lifting the embargo on sale of arms to the Allies. Where are those who recently wanted to make the Republic-

LU. Nein

ans the “peace party?” or those Republicans who

were supporting the Ludlow amendments for a ref-

erendum on war? E 2 2

Recognizing the Realities

Conditions in the world have made those matters obsolete or beside. the point. The illustrations are mine, not Governor Landon’s, but they suggest what he has had in mind in counseling against the party trying to freeze its position now, when new situations beyond our control are daily requiring changes. in American attitude. How can the Republican Party say it is opposed to use of our troops outside the United States, when developments in Latin America may at any time call for a dispatch of forces?

As Governor Landon and some others in the party

gee it, it is not cowardice or evasion to leave certain questions wide open in the platform. On the contrary, it is the course of responsible leadership to recognize realities. The chief reality now is that no ene can be dogmatic about the future. Every party leader who has thought he had the answers, both as to

My Day

WASHINGTON. Monday.—It was warm when I reached Washington last night and I found everyone here in the same tense mood they had been in when I left. When one is receiving dispatches from abroad every little while, it is almost impossible to feel that any of the normal occupations of life have any reality. The only reality is dead and dying human beings — men without proper equipment, who meet mechanized armies which mow them down and, behind them, streams of women and children inadequately fed, clothed and - ‘housed. * The rest of us throughout the country may be able to forget this for a time, but here in the 1 White House | there is never a . minute when we can ignore it. I do not wonder that every effort is bent toward one objective, to have the mechaniz materials’ for war ourselves in the hope of keeping us at peace. At least, if we ever have to go to war, we should be sure that our soldiers have as much protection as it is possible to give them under modern conditions. ' Some day, perhaps,” we shall be able to think again about friendly relations with European nations, but, for the time being, it seems to me we h ave 10 devote ves’ entirely, to knowing

All.

To listen to,

By Ernie Pyle

And now, says Col. Boles, we will see what it was like while all this was going on, in the past millions of years. ! : He asks that cigarets be doused, that no one talk or whisper. He waits until the crowd and the cavern are as silent as death. And then the lights go out. ‘You have never known darkness until you have sat in it 800 feet below the surface. You look around for a faint glow somewhere, a shadow, a movement. There is nothing. And then softly come the notes of a song. Four Rangers, unnoticed, have dropped back -down the trail, and somewhere off there they are softly singing “Rock of Ages.” Coming so weirdly and gently out of the darkness of that cave, it seems one of the most beautiful things I have ever heard. ” ” »

Doing the Right Thing~ ;

Then, in the far distance, suddenly come dim reflections of light. |A Ranger has turned on the lights half a mile away, at the far end of the vast cave room. A few more notes go by, and then comes a new, nearer light. Another 1000-foot section has been switched on. N And then at last, as the Rangers’ voices sink almost to a whisper, the lights come on all around us. Not a single light itself can be seen, but there is the reflection ‘around us once more, and we have stepped again up into the present. They say government is stodgy, routined, un-im-aginative. Most government is, I guess. But not the government of Carlsbad Caverns, hs A community sing would have made this spot ridiculous. A wrong word, or a harsh note, would have broken the spell. have been the worst of bad taste. Over-dramatiza-tion would have made it a Coney Island side-show. But as it is, even ‘the theater could not be more dramatic.

By Anton Scherrer

the potential possibility that any one of the original couples might have had the first baby, and (2) because it never hurt anybody to know too much about the facts of life, The little I learned I picked up too late. : \ :On second thought, I believe I'll confine myself to the three families who thought they had the first baby in Indianapolis. It's better that way. Otherwise, sure as shootin’, I'll find myself out on a limb with) no chance of getting back. And, anyway, what business is it of mine to be prying into the family affairs of other people... Goodness knows I have enough to do wondering about my own. 2 8 8

Well, Here Goes

Which brings me to Mordecai, the son of Mrs. Robert Harding, and Richard, the son of Mrs. Jeremiah Corbaley, the two kids about whom all the fuss was about in the beginning. The traditional opinion, supported by two or three historical sketches, is that Mordecai Harding was the first child born around here. On the other hand, there were those, including Mrs. Corbaley, who challenged the claim and maintained that Richard was the memorable baby. Later, to complicate the issue still more, the claims of James, ‘son of Mrs. Samuel Morrow, were put forward. | Of all three, I rather tavor Jimmy Morrow, notwithstanding the. paradox that he was born after Mordecai Harding and Richard Corbaley. Anyway, this much is certain: Jimmy had .the luck to be the first kid born within the bounds of the old *“corporation”—the original mile square—which certainly means that he was the first baby born in Indianapolis. You can’t say as much for Mordecai and Richard. Both were born outside the corporation limits. There’s enough glory to go around, however. Usin the same stick. by which I measured James Morrow, it turns out that Richard Corhard Corbaley was the

first child to be born in Marion County. As for Mor-|

decai Harding, he was the first to be born on the “donation,” the name of the four sections—four miles square—which Congress promised to give Indiana when it got ready to set up a capital. Gosh, I'm glad that’s done.

By Raymond Clapper

_candidates and as to issues, is well advised to take another look at his hole card before the convention at Philadelphia. | |, Ordinarily, for instance, there would be strong Republican opposition to giving President Roosevelt power to suspend the anti-trust laws. Now there is consideraBle pressure for that very thing. Even such an anti-monopolist as Governor Landon favors it. Businessmen, | normally critical of extensions of Presidential power, say that they are hampered in national defense work by the fear of| anti-trust prosecutions, especially in view of the Supreme Court decision that the group of oil companies convicted in the Madison trials had violated the anti-trust laws, even though the object of their agreements was price stabilization which had been sought by the Government under NRA and under the Ickes oil administration. ‘ 2 z |» :

The Anti-Trust Laws

Anti-trust laws have been waived in four instances —under the Interstate Commerce Commission, ‘the Securities & Exchange Commission, the National Industrial Recovery Act and the Guffey Coal Act. Now the proposal is to waive them where the Government decides that to do so would foster defense preparation. Manufacturers need at times to exchange materials or share them with competitors, and in some instances price arrangements are involved which would be technically in violation of the anti-trust laws. Similarly, a desire is developing that the Government establish priorities for manufacturers engaged in defense work. Thus, as a practical necessity, numerous exceptions will have to be made to the usual opposition cry against increased Presidential powers. The opposition party will beleft in a ludicrously confused position unless it is careful to reserve judgment on many points. It must forego immediate superficial appeals and display a sense of responsibility that will show it is capable of rising to the challenge of this crisis. ; What the Landon proposal for a brief, creed-like platform means is that the Republican Party would go to the country, not with many detailed answers that might look ridiculous by election time, but with a frank attitude of readiness to meet new situations. as events may require, in a spirit of responsibility to the national interests. :

By Eleanor Roosevelt

our own country better and developing our relations with nations on this continent. I am very much in- » terested, therefore, in the arrangements which have been made by the “Open .Road,” an organization which arranged many trips for college students, teachers and members of professions to European countries. It is now arranging trips in this country, with . the| special object of haying people really know the lvgs and problems of other people throughout the nation. : :

This summer, five universities and colleges are developing plans with the co-operation of the “Open Road” organization. Under the auspices of the graduate school of Harvard University, one group will .study social and economic factors which influence education in urban and rural New England. A representative county in the South will furnish five intensive weeks of study, under the auspices of Teachei's’ College, Columbia University. The School of Education, New York University, will conduct a seminar in the Tennessee Valley, while life problems of the Great Plains and Rocky Mountain area will be studied under the Colorado State College of Educatiog. A group of Antioch College students will spend three weeks in a New England textile town and three weeks in an Alabama textile town, investigating life in a textile manufacturing community. 5 This seems to me a very valuable offering in education. The “Open Road” is an institution which I think eserves support from us all X fa

An archeoplogy lecture would

16 DAYS TOGO:

'WHO WILL RUN

FOR GOVERNOR

Choice of Leader Still ‘Much in Doubt.

By NOBLE REED '

With the Democratic State Convention only 16 days away, the gubernatorial picture has become more complex and uncertain than it was six months" ago, party leaders admitted today. Developments that are befuddling even the party strategists include: 1. Revived talk of the possibility

that Federal Security ‘Administrator Paul V. McNutt may be drafted as

vention floor. | 2. The last-minute entrance of David M. Lewis, Marion County Prosecutor, in the governor picture

the 1937 delegates pledged to him. Townsend Takes No Sides

3. The refusal of Governor M. Clifford Townsend to indicate his position in the governorship contest between R. Earl Peters, Lieut. Gov. Henry F. Schricker and Mr. Lewis. 4, A sharp division among State

House leaders over the-governorship

contest. \ 5. Talk of more candidates entering the race before .convention time. Those mentioned unofficially include Samuel D. Jackson, of Ft. Wayne, appointed Indiana Attorney General by the Governor last week; Dr. Herman B Wells, Indiana University president, and Mayor William H. Dress, of Evansville.

I. U. President Mentioned

Dr. Wells, it is said, would refuse to leave his post for the governorship and the new Attorney General has cast out no hints that he is interested. Mayor Dress has been mentioned as a possibility but he has declined to give his Eighth District supporters the “go sign” in his behalf. . Mayor Dress conferred with Governor Townsend yesterday, apparently in an effort to learn the chief executive's position. Following the conference, Mayor Dress said: “I'm still on the fence.” So the political dopesters are left nervously twiddling their thumbs, unable to learn which way the wind is blowing.

Seek to Curb F. D. R.’s Power at Convention

By LYLE C. WILSON United Press Staff Cofrespondent WASHINGTON, , June 11.—Consewvative Democratic strategy today was directed toward preventing President Roosevelt from handpicking his successor if he makes a last-minute decision to refuse a third nomination. : So far as can be determined here, there is not a responsible Democratic party figure who will not concede now that Mr. Roosevelt can have the nomination if he wants it. There is a group, however, which

is not yet sure that he will make the race. They and others ready to go to the convention floor in a fight to prevent the nomination of a presidential ticket which fails to take full account of the party as it was set up before Mr. Roosevelt took over in 1932,

Conservatives Want Hull

Secretary of State Cordell Hull remains the odds-on choice of many conservatives to succeed Mr. Roosevelt. Some of them would prefer him to the President under any circumstances although others of the conservative group now not enly are reconciled to Mr. Roosevelt's renomination but are eager that he run again. Mr. Hull probably could have the nomination on the first ballot at Chicago next month if Mr. Roosevelt withdrew and indicated that Mr. Hull would have his campaign support. Beyond that there is not much chance of peacefully comprising the division between conservative and New Deal Democrats although Senator Burten K. Wheeler (D. Mont.) and Federal Security Administrator Paul V. McNutt each has a leg on either side of the party fence. i Fear FDR Strategy

What conservatives fear is that the President might dramatically withdraw from the contest after delegates meet July 15 and propose the names of several persons from among whom he would like to see his successor chosen. If the list included Mr. Hull the squabble would end then and there with the Tenneseean’s nomination. But there -is apprehension among party elements uncommitted to Mr. Roosevelt that his list might include Attorney General Robert H. Jackson, Associated Supreme Court Justice William O. Douglas, Agriculture Secretary Henry A. Wallace or other persons similarly identified exclusively with the White House wing of the party.

BOURSE TO REOPEN AWAY FROM "PARIS

TOURS, June 11 (U. P.).. — The

Paris Bourse will reopen sopn at al

provincial center, the French Gov-

ernment revealed today. “Name of

the center was not disclosed. Before leaving Paris the Government_ordered Stock Exchange officials to transfer their headquarters to one of the provinces and to reé-

open when facilities for trading had ||

been established. : Banks also were ordered to remove their headquarters from Paris

but, under Government orders, will E

“continue to function normally,” it was said. i:

CROWD IGNORES MONEY BAG

SEATTLE, Wash., June 14 (U.P.).

—A little brown canvas sack lay on the sidewalk in front of the Seattle First National Bank. Hundreds of pedestrians walked around it. Fi-

nally Pierre Weiss, motor company |

executive, picked it up and saw it

contained $500 in silver half dollars.

It had been dropped in transferring an armqQred car i 2

Democratic Dopesters Find! |

the Governor nominee on the con-|’

with supposedly more than 300 of!

are |

ate to do in preparation for contact ‘with his: prospective employer is to

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Imes Pho.o.

The slides at Garfield Park got a eontinuous workout yesterday as City playgrounds opened for the year. Traffic was especially heavy when this picture was taken. It was reported nearly as heavy today.

TRUCK KNOCKS BOY OFF BIKE

Condition of Robert Corn Reported Serious at City Hospital.

The first serious accident involving a school pupil since school closed last week occurred © today when Robert Corn Jr. 14, of 1905 W. Wyoming St., was knocked from his bicycle by a truck at Belmont Ave. and Wilkins St. : The boy, a pupil at Washington High School, was taken to. City Hospital where physicians said a lung had collapsed and that he was in serious condition. ? The truck was driven by Charles Rybolt, 21, of 1256 S. Tremont Ave. The Washington High School pupil is the son of Mr. and Mrs. Robert Corn Sr, and when he attended School 49, Morris and’ Kappes Sts., was on the school boy traffic patrol.

8 On Trolley Shaken Up

Eight women were hurt slightly and shaken up last night when an. outbound E. 10th St. trackless jrolley crashed into the rear of a barn trolley at 10th St. and Massachusetts Ave., according to police. None of the injured was taken to the hospital. The trolley was operated by John Marendt, 644 Somerset Ave. and the barn car by John Cole, 3325 E. 10th St., police said., The barn car had stopped when the’ trolley wire came off. 4 Arrested for Speeding

Those listed as hurt were Mrs. Charles Monroe, 33, of 1523 N. Olney St.; Mrs. Harry Leonard, 39, of 1139 N. Olney St.; Clara Matpingly, 54, of 1439 N. Denny St.; Mable Richardson, 36, of 846 N. Tacoma Ave.; Mrs. Mary Stockton, 57, of 1133 N. Oxford St.; Mrs. Zelma Johnson, 57, of 2339 N. Gale St.; Irene F. Dorris, 39, of 963 West Drive, Woodruff Place, and Elnora Bowman, 35, of 963 N. Tuxedo St. Deputy sheriffs last night charged four men with speeding in a 50-mile-per-hour. zone in 38th St., east of the city limits. Those slated and the speed, deputies said, they were going are Ray Schulte, 2720 N. Meridian St., 55; James Walker, 3747 College Ave., 65; Joseph Matthews, 332 Layman Ave. 57, and R. B. Emshwiller, Alexandria, Ind., 65.

SUMMER SCHOOL OPENS AT BUTLER

The Butler University Summer School opened -today with registration for classes. The school will end Aug. 3. The summer faculty totals 71 persons who will give instruction in the College of Liberal Arts and Sciences, Religion, Education and Business Administration. Instruction begins tomorrow. ‘ a Elbert R. Gilliom, local attorney, has been elected president of the Butler University Alumni Association. Other new officers are Mrs. Ralph Coble, vice president; Harry T. Ice, second vice president; Prof. George A. Schumacher, alumni secretary, and Miss Ruth B. Carter and

McNutt to Rus ] (It's Not Paul V.)

ARKADELPHIA, Ark. June 11 (U. P.).— Dr. Walter Scott McNutt announced today that he is a candidate for Governor . of ‘Arkansas and said he would give parachute jumping exhibitions during his campaign. Dr. McNutt is head of the department of education in . Daniel Baker College :at Brownswood, Tex., but he maintains his legal residence at Arkadelphia. :

DEMAND IMPROVED TRACTION OR BUSSES

Johnson County residents have filed petitions with the Public Service Commission demanding that the Indianapolis - Seymour traction line service be improved or abandoned entirely with substitution of busses. The petition asked the Public Service Commisison to demand an explanation by the Public Service Co., why more adequate service is not ‘provided. In an earlier petition, the same residents asked abandonment of the line in order that Highway 31, which runs parallel to the tracks, could be widened and improved. Meanwhile, the State Highway Commission proceeded with plans to relocate Road 31 around the towns of Southport and Greenwood. Engineers said relocation was necessary because of right-of-way

- | difficulties through the towns and

because of the traction line hazards to motorists. Residents of the town have heen protesting relocation of the highway.

Purdue to Train 105 More Pilots

Times Special ‘ LAFAYETTE, June 11.—Purdue University was authorized today to train 105 new pilots this summer in its civilian flight training program. G. Stanley Meikle, director of the University Research Foundation, said the authorization is for training more than twice the number than have been handled at the Purdue airport at any one time, and will mean the addition of several planes and flight instructors. - The training, sponsored by the Civil Aeronautics Authority, will begin Sunday and end Sept. 15.

HOOSIER SCULPTOR DIES IN EAST AT 66

ROCKPORT, Mass; June 11 (U. P.).—Miss Janet Scudder, 66, inter-nationally-known sculptor, died unexpected yesterday while apparently recuperating from pneumonia in a cottage she rented two weeks ago. ‘A native of Terre Haute, Ind., she was made a chevalier of the Legion of Honor by France in 1925. She is represented by sculpture in the New York Metropolitan Museum of Art; the Library of Congress, Washington; the Phillips Art Museum, Okla-

John F. Mitchell Jr., executive committee members. =

homa City, Okla., and the Swope Art Museurn, Terre Haute.

WPA TO REDUCE STAFF INSTATE

Funds for Administrators, Supervisors Cut 10 Per Cent in July.

The WPA administrative and supervisory personnel throughout the State will be reduced by 10 per cent beginning July 1, State Administrator John K. Jennings announced today. Mr. Jennings said he had been notified that a 10 per cent reductron would be made in funds for administrative employees. The cut in the appropriation for July would result in an actual 10 per cent decrease in the number of employees since salaries are fixed by classifjcation and cannot be cut. The reduction in personnel would be made in such a way as to have the least affect on WPA operations, Mr. Jennings said. . WPA officials were uncertain as to the number of supervisory and administrative jobs affected. The officials said there were no indications that the cuts would be restored, unless special provision is made to replace the personnel in {he 1941 work relief appropriation.

ALLISON, STOKELY PLANTS INSPECTED

More than 60 Army, Navy and

hour inspection of the Allison warplane motor division here today. The officers, who are this year’s graduates of the Army Industrial College, a#so visited the Stokely

is canning ration for the Army experimentally. On a tour to study the problems of manufacturing in relation to national defense, the officers are expected to play a large part in translating the huge appropriations into arms and equipment for the defense forces. - The group came to Indianapolis

Aluminum Co. of America, and will leave for Pittshurgh by train tonight.

REPORTS SOLUTION OF SLAYING IN N.Y.

COLUMBIA CITY, Ind. June 11 (U. P.).—New York detectives today were en route here to take custody of Patrick Joseph Early, 31, who allegedly confessed late yesterday to the slaying three weeks ago of a retired Army colonel in New York. Sheriff John Ballard said Early was picked up here yesterday on a Pennsylvania Railroad freight train and questioned. Early told the Sheriff he was with two other men near the 42d St. Public Library in New York when he struck Col.-Charles Charles Patton Echols, 72, former professor »f mathematics at West Point. He said the officer fell, hit his head on the library steps, and died a short time later from concussion. Early waived extradition.

Jobs for June

By T. G. SPATES

Director of Industrial Relations, ‘General Foods Corp.

First thing I would recommend for a 1940 school and college gradu-

ist attitude. In 1940, many # jobs and opportunities are available and thou‘sands of new em-

make sure he doesn't have a defeat-

ployees are being inducted into. industry and commerce. The characteristics of the last 10-year period that make it '‘different” are that competition is = Keener® and the i challenge Jo pera severance is greatMr. Spates er. You are in a buyer’s market so you have to take the initiative.

Chuck 'What's Use,’ "Here Adopt a Sales Plan, Applicants Advised

-Graduates— ;

“what’s-the-use” and “here-I-am” slogans; and settle down to chart ing a course of action. Look yourself over both inside and out. Realize that it isn’t enough just to offer your services in the market personnel administration or: your school employment service could

‘|give you a vocational interest test.

These things help you to prepare the plan for your campaign, and to “talk the language” during place. You've got to put on a sales campaign. Make some notes on how you have spent your time, what you've got to show for it, and what you think you can do. If you did not find out in school, start now to get

some ideas ‘about the major func-|

tions of Dusiness organization. Management publications, business journals, and {rade associations are good sources. If in no other way, determine, at least by the process of elimination, the’ function of organization in which you are most. likely to be inIqrested Perhaps some friend in e 3

you wants job, chuck the

interview, If

-I-Am’ Slogans;

during summer vacations and used your leisure time constructively, be sure to add those to your selling points. You should capitalize on every useful thing you have done that favors your selection. ‘Have a plan. Take ‘the lead in the interview. Avoid throwing yourself upon the mercy or sympathy of your prospective employer. i Of the many applicants for positions there are always some who click. There is rlever any one thing that rings the bell. via) : It is a combination of several fac~ tors, of which the following are the least common: Planned preparation; a well organized statement of your record and aspirations; precision of expression; appreciation of the other fellow’s time; having some

ness. Remember that unless you are enthusiastic about the product you have to sell, you can’t expect the buyer to be! os

NEXT: Why Young People Don't

have worked! Get Jobs,

[ Zeconp section:

Marine Corps officers made a five-.

Bros. &. Co packing plant, which Ox

from the Alco, Tenn. plant of the}

real convictions about your useful-|

SCHOOL BOARD

CUTS $87,501

But Sama 96-Cent Tax Levy Asked Because of Drop + --In Assessments.

The School Board today tentatively adopted a budget $87,501 less than this year’s, but asked a property tax levy of 96 cents, the same as the

present rate. . The Board, meeting in a special session at noon, set the date for

|the public hearirig required by law

before final adoption for June 25 at 8 p. m.

A. B. Good, business manager, presented the proposed budget to the Board and said=that because of

ment of the city, the reduction in the budget will not permit a reduction in the rate.

Provides Wage Boosts

The total proposced budget is $6,783,816.16. It provides for an increase, in salary of $6 a month for more than 300 janitors and small increases for 89 librarians in the lower salary brackets, all effective an.

The Board already had adopted a teacher salary schedule, also effective Jan. 1, which gave increases of from $50 to $100 annually to teachers now Teceifing less than $2000. The proposed budget reduced the payments for interest and sinking fund by $161,466.22. This reduction was made possible by the refunding of more than one mililon dollars’ worth of bonds. this year which reduced interest rates from 4%. to about 2 per cent., Other reductions are $929 on fixed charges and $35 in fund transfers. Appropriations. for capital outlay were $32,500 less, almost entirely because last year’s budget included the purchase of furniture for the new Milo Stuart Hall at Tech High School. :

Increases Accounted For

The increase in teachers’ salaries caused an $81,198.20 increase in the appropriation for instruction. The janitors’ higher salaries and other factors raised the operation appropriation $17,573, and librarians’ higher salaries increased the appropriation for auxihary agencies $2574.70. ; » Other increases were $1752.40 for administration and $4330 for maintenance. The Board ‘also approved an emergency appropriations” budg-

cover school operations from July 1 to Dec. 31. The emergency appropriaticns totaled $2,868,942.15 and are part of the total budget. When approved by the State Tax Board, this . emergency fund will provide for ‘the operation of the School City pending the review and approval of the total budget by the County Tax Adjustment Board and the State Tax Board. The two appropriations are: Department A Pina Administration Instruction Opération Auxiliary Agencies Debt Service .... Fixed S68... Capital Outlay .. 1 ; Fund Transfers .. 65,300.00 $6,871,318.08 $6,782,816.16

BARTEE SAYS LABOR WILL DEFEND U. S.

Labor wants no war but it is prepared “to.lend practical, wholesom2= and fearless co-operation th any undertaking to protect this nation,” John Bartee, secretary-treasurer of the C. I. O. Indiana State Indus-

trial Union Council, said today. Writing in’ the Indiana C. I. O. Bulletin, Mr. Bartee said that in any national defense program, “we must insist that our social and labor legislation be protected and that labor’s right to organize and bargain and its rights to freedom of speech and action be guaranteed. We feel sure that the nation can be protected without taking any of labor’s hard-won civil liberties and democratic rights from us.” ° Mr. Bartee also announced that the C. I. O. state convention will be held Aug. 23 to 25 at Gary.

TEST YOUR KNOWLEDGE

1—Is the word “interesting” correctly pronounced in three or four syllables? © : 2—Which is greater, the land or water area on the earth? 3—Which President of the United States was called a “Trust Buster?” LL 4—Who was called “The Morning . Star of the Reformation”? . 5—By what name were the Virgin Islands of the United States formerly known? 6—Name the capital of Michigan? 7—Name the first white child bern ‘to English settlers on the American continent. =

is named for a President?

Answers 1—Four, in-ter-est-ing.

4—John Wycliffe. 5—Danish West Indies. 6—Lansing. 7--Virginia Dare. 8—Lincoln Highway.

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FROM BUDGET

|a sharp drop of about five million’ dollars in total real estate assess-

et, also submitted by Mr. Good, to

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