Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 June 1940 — Page 2
PACE"? ECONOMY NOTE 1S STRESSED IN BUDGET PLANS
Deery Tabulates Estimates; Sullivan Seeks to Keep $1.28 Tax_ Rate.
The 1941 budget-making season opened officially today with the City pbudget-makers in an economy mood. City | officials met with Mayor ' Reginald H. Sullivan yesterday in a pre-budget conference. The Mayor reiterated his request that estimates ‘for next year not exceed this year’s appropriations. : It was the first time that. the Mayor has called together the City executives this year. The estimates of a few departments where: increases are requested were reviewed briefly but» no action was taken toward revision.
Works for $1.28 Rate
“We are doing everything in our power to keep the 1941 civil city tax rate at $1.28,” the Mayor said. “I can't say now what the new rate will be. That depends on too many factors. While the Mayor did not elaborate on the factors, it was understood that the City budget-makers had two hurdles to face which were . not present last year. : he more immediate of these is the “sudden decline in the assessed roperty valuation of Indianapolis rom $512,000,000 in 1939 to $507,000,000 in 1940.
ually gets collected early.
The $5,000,000 drop will be re-|
flected in a higher rate if the same| three months and that the last amount of money as last year is occasion was at McLean Pl. and IlliHe says that the cats are usually put into the boxes by | some |W
needed and current municipal serv-| ices are maintained.
U. S. Tax Factor Weighed
A second factor is defense preparation, with the imminent possibility of higher Federal taxation. While this matter has only recently come into the budget picture, it is being seriously considered as a bar- " rier to any drastic budget increases. City Controller James E. Deery said his department workers would make a tabulation of departmental estimates within the nextiweek or 10 days so that a tentative total budget figure can be determined. | About the fiirst of July, another
volve the slashing of some estimates. The revised budget will then be
nois Sts.
mischievous boys to worry
Indianapolis mailbox that box us-
(the money into a box.
| the pickpockets like | pocketbooks into the {box. When there
Postmaster Adolph Seidensticker | A lot of empty purses and pock-
says that a cat is put into one of |g¢}00ks get into mailboxes, too, Mr. the corner mailboxes about every seidensticker says. It seems that |
to put rifled nearest mailused to be a
restling arena mear Pennsylvania
humane lady, who immediately and St. Clair Sts. the box there calls the Post Office and demands was a favorite pickpockets’ dump-
that some one come immediately
ing ground, and the police once
to release the cat from its im-| caught a couple of “dips” by just
prisonment. plied with as soon as possible.
ensticker says.
When a woman gt that corner.
The request is com-| waiting at that ‘box.
. , | The carrier at St. Clair and ColA lot of things are dropped into jege once found a tiny silver and mailboxes accidentally, Mr. Seid-| gjamond wristwatch in the box
He brought it into
accidentally drops her purse into athe office and almost at the same box, She sally Sands be | time the girl who had lost it came side the box walling for the next, claim it. She said she had lost nln be oe en evn 1 a The per Sho Ba 6 . she j Nn had dropped it into the box for conference of officials will be called to the Inquiry Section of the main safekeeping and then told her it to make adjustments which will in-| Postoffice and identify herself and was at the Postoffice.
the purse.
Lots of money, particularly checks
| A week later the
same carrier
came in with the crystal off the
submitted to the City Council Aug.|that haven't been taken from their same watch, found in the same envelopes, get dropped into mail-| mailbox.
15 for approval.
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Democrats Draft State Platform
Times Photo.
These Democratic leaders are drafting planks for the Democratic platform which will be submitted to the party’s State convention in the Coliseum June 27. Weiland, Indianapolis; William J. Harrington, Hammond: State Chairman Fred F. Bays; Clarence Donovan, Bedford, and Jay Stanley, Richmond. Standing (left to right) are John W. Baumunk, Brazil; John M. McFaddin, Rockville, and Walter L. Clements, South Bend.
Pussy In the Corner (Mailbox)
Isn't Fun for the Postman
When somebody puts a cat in an boxes accidentally, he said, and one 'girl sent to a bank by a downtown |firm dropped the bankbook and all
They are (seated, left to right) Judge Louis A.
AD CLUB TO INSTALL WILLIAM HUTCHINSON
William M. Hutchinson will be installed as president of the Indianapolis Advertising Club tomorrow night, He succeeds Herbert H. Linsmith,
The . installation will be. held at (the Woodstock Country Club at the club's annual‘ outing and dinner. “Dusty” Miller, Ohio newspaperman, will speak. Other officers to be installed are Boyd Brown, vice president; Harold 'L. Ross, secretary; W. B. Smith, treasurer, and H. F. Goheen, ser-|geant-at-arms. New directors are Lyman Hunter, R. Blayne McCurry and Maxwell Droke. The committee in charge of the party includes Emmett Belzer, Mr. Goheen, Carl Patterson and Walter Shirley.
SLAYING TRIAL DELAYED
CRAWFORDSVILLE, Ind. June 18 (U. P.).—The trial of E. W. Bratton on a manslaughter. charge in
connection with the slaying of a neighbor last October today was ordered postponed until Nov. 18. His attorneys said he was unable to
| AFTER MEETING
‘|toward the proposed $5000 increase
COUNCIL TAKES AIRPLANE ‘RIDE.
Gets First-Hand View of ~ Airport; Police Bill : Loses. It the City Fathers feel Kindlier
next year in the Airport’s budget, it’s because the members have acquired a new interest in the City’s aeronautical possibilities. Among other things, they discovered that Indianapolis, from 2000 feet on a moonlit night, is a fairyland, ablaze with light. The members were guests of Col. Roscoe Turner and Airport Superintendent I. J. Dienhart last night on a flight over the city. Bs For most of them, it was the first time up. Severhl also admitted they'd had only a vague idea .f the City’s $3,000,000 airport which may play a significant role in J. S. air expansion. A ‘Cool-Off’ Ride The flight cooled off the Councilmen after a sultry meeting at City Hall, where the temperature and the debate was hot. Councilman Harmon Campbell's
‘Though Queen
Stubborn Swarm Defies Law And Order—for a While.
A swarm jof bees was captured at the intersection of New York and Delaware Sts. yesterday afternoon by a beverage salesman and a meat cutter. There were no casualties. Origin and destination unknown, the bees zoomed down upon a traffic signal and covered it. Traffic stopped. Pedestrians stopped. Even police were baffled. For a few minutes, the bees defied all efforts of law and order. Then William Johpson of 2114 Station St., the beverage salesman, and James P. Hutto of 304 E. New York St., the meat cutter, appeared on the scene. ' It was no trick at all for the two men to scrape the bees off the blinking traffic signal into a box with a stick. Mr. Hutto explained his dexterity by saying he was “just a farmer boy from Tipton.” Mr. Johnson has 10 bee hives of his own. Mr. Johnson estimated there were 16,000 bees in the swarm, probably led by a capricious queen who grew fond of the pretty red and green traffic signal. ‘The bees were turned over to an
measure to permit police and firemen to run for public office without | resigning from the force was rejected by a majority vote. Mr. Campbell, a Republican, asserting that police and firemen should not be denied “the rights of ordinary citizens. ' Opposing the measure, Councilman F. B. Ransom, Democrat, said such an ordinance would jeopardize freedom of the ballot. Police candidates “might intimidate” voters, he said.
Action Is Delayed
Action on the Indianapolis Railways, Inc. petition to run southbound {trackless trolley busses on Pennsylvania St. from 22d to 16th St., was postponed. Tax anticipation loans totaling about $750,000 to finance municipal operations until fall, were approved. Deputy = Controller Herschel M. Tebay explained the money was needed to meet payrolls next month. The appropriation of $250,000 from the sale of sewer bonds to finance the City's share of a $750,000 WPA sewer reconstruction pro-
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They Wouldn't Let Her Bee
Times Photo, James P. Hutto . . . the Queen was nst amused.
EFFICIENCY TO BE TOOL MEN'S TOPIC
Methods of stepping up the efficiency of tool manufacturing plants will be the keynote of a meeting Saturday of the Indianapolis branch of the American Society of Tool Engineers. yh ~The speaker will be H. W. Riddle of the Warner & Swasey Co., tool manufacturers. The meeting will be held in connection with an allSpeedway Golf Club. ar The speaker will discuss means to “partially offset the shortage of skilled. mechanics which exists at the present time” The Society has announced that it recognizes a need for skilled help and increased industrial efficiency. Its members have offered the use of Mr. Riddle’s talk in other factories. “I. T. White of Greenwood, Ind. society industrial relations chair-
GIRL HELPING DOG IS BITTEN SEVERELY
Nine-year-old Betty Jean Walker, 235 E. St. Joseph St., loves dogs. ‘Last night, when a dog was struck by an automobile near her home, her first thought was to go to the animal's aid. : As she reached out to pick the dog up, she was severely bitten on
the left hand. Police sent her to the City Hospital. The dog was taken to the dog pound for observation. Police charged the cog’s owner for harboring a vicious dog and failure to have a dog license.
man, is in charge of the program.
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Nine Others From Here to Attend 21st Annual National Meeting.
Three members of the Indiane apolis Junior Chamber of Come
: merce are to speak at the organis
zation’s 21st annual convention in Washington tomorrow, Thursday and Friday. They are Ralph L. Swingley, In< dianapolis Water Co. accountant, who will speak on “Public Utility Accounting”; J. Russell Townsend Jr., field assistant here of the Equite able Life Insurance Co. of Iowa, who will discuss “Profitable Recruiting” at the " Life Insurance Forum; and Edward J. Green, Northwestern Mutual Life Insurance Co. special agent, speak -at the Local Organization Affairs seminar on’ “What Educational Projects Can be Sponsored hy Junior Chambers?’ Indianapolis officers of the organ= ization are Harry T. Ice, national
‘| vice president; Doyle Zaring, a na-
tional director; George J. Smith, chairman of the national commite
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Other delegates from Indianapos lis to the convention. will be Hare lan B. Livengood, state treasurer: H. Burch Nunley, local executive vice president: Fletcher S. Hubbard, Berkley W. Duck Jr., local presi= dent, and Daniel J. Young and John H. Elam. ;
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