Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 25 December 1940 — Page 8
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COX SUMMONS
WELFARE AIDS | 70 OPEN MEET)
Jove Says It’s ‘Attempt to
| Make the Merit System Work.”
A meeting of all Marion County ‘Welfare Department employees has been called ‘for 7 o'clock tomorrow fos oa by Circuit Court Judge Earl R. Cox in “an attempt to make the merit system work.” “In order to justify our use of the merit system in the County Welfare Department,” he said, “we must make it work. And the best way to do that is get the confidence of our employees.” Judge Cox says the meeting will be “informal, open and fast-find-ing.” Department employees will be in-
vited to discuss freely all the prob-|’
lems of the department, both in administration and personnel. They will be told, according to Judge Cox, that they will be privileged to say anything about themselves or their jobs that they think will ‘help the department, "The Welfare Department administration came under the closer scrutiny of Judge Cox, Frank A. Symmes, Welfare Board president, and the Board itself following a hearing held last month for an employee who was allegedly dismissed without proper hearing. The hearing was held before the
State Welfare Board, who remanded
its action to the local Board. The local Board, in turn, found the employees had been -dismissed improperly and the action was rescinded. At the State Board hearing, Judge Cox and others heard charges of “back-biting and bickering.” The local Board subsequently set itself the job of Investigaiing the department. Members said also they Intended to seek more control over hiring and examinations conducted through the merit system, and to bring about a better liaison and understanding between themselves and department employees. They have, at later meetings, reiterated their intention of “making the merit system work.” Thomas L. Neal, department director, has came under fire during the hearings. His retention may be discussed at later meetings. Under the law, the local Board has no jurisdiction in the hiring and firing of the director in counties the size of Marion, and any action concerning Mr. Neal will have to come from the State Department of Welfare.
100 BEST BOOKS FOR. |.
CHILDREN LISTED]
A list of "100 books children si ‘ould read” has been compiled for th ¢ Committee on Home and School Co -operation by the staff of the
Pasadena, Cal., will be Southern person of Joan Leslie (above).
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SALARY BOOSTS | ROAD ENGINEERS
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URBAN HOMES RENT FOR MORE THAN 1337
WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (U. P.). —The Bureau of Labor Statistics today reported that rent for urban homes is but slightly higher now than it was in 1937 and that the largest increase is in the lower rent brackets.
In September, 1940, rents in large cities for homes costing less than $30 a month were about 3 per cent more than_in September, 1937, and those between $30 and $50 approximately 1 per cent higher. Rent for homes costing more than $50 a month was about 1 per cent lower. The survey was made-in- 33 cities throughout the country and included all income groups.
Jota Beer
GLAMORGAN, Scotland, Dec. 25 (U.. P.).— The Glamorgan police force had a beer and then got tight.
Here's How fo Find a Comet
By Science Service If you have Seon. disappointed so far in trying to see Cunningham’s comet, you needn’t be any longer, for now it has reached a brightness that makes if visible to the naked eye. Just after dark tonight look directly west and you will see a star —the lowest bright star in that direction. It's called Altair, but you needn’t worry about that. The comet is just to the right of Altair and a little higher. During the next few weeks, as it gets still brighter, it will move under the star. Don’t expect to see it in compe tition with the bright lights of a city. Run out in the country in your car where you have a clear view to the west. Then turn off your car lights, and look.
DIRECTS DEMOCRATIC WOMEN WASHINGTON, Dec. 25 (U. P.). ~-Mrs. Charles W. Tillett of Charlotte, N. C., has been chosen director ¢f the women’s division of the Democratic National Committee. She will
Sck ols Division of the Public Librai °¥ In cluded in the list are classics and modern books. The list may be ol tained at the Public Library.
| Man—What VALUES!
Constable Tight has been sworn in as a member of the force. Three members of the force are Beer, Bright and Merry.
succeed Mrs. Dorothy McAllister of Michigan in the post of vice chairman and director of the women’s activities, it was said.
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Deparment Riddled - by ‘Defense Plants Because Pay Tops State’s.
By EARL RICHERT * Prompt action will be taken by
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keep engineering from being PL riddled by the highly] paid defense iridustries. T. A. Dicus, commission chairman said today he would go before the Board of Accounts late this week and ask approval of salary classification changes, permitting the Department to pay its engineers a high enough salary to keep them from quitting. Since the defense program got underway ‘last summer, the Highway Commission has lost at least 30 per cent of its engineering staff. Un-
more men will quit soon for betterpaying jobs, Mr. Dicus predicted.
10 Per Cent Not Enough
He declined to reveal the amount of salary increases contemplated, but said he didn’t think a 10 per cent increase would be enougl hold the men. Mr. Dicus said he didn’t feel it was necessary to pay the engineers as much as they would be getting on defense jobs, since those jobs are of a temporary nature, However, it was pointed out, the engineering jobs in the Highway Department are certainly not of a permanent nature, especially with a change of the state administration next month. Many of the engineers have been with the department for a number of years and would like to stay if they could get somewhat near the salary they could get working in a defense industry, the chairman said.
From $200 to $450
Most of the engineers who quit now have jobs paying them as much as 30 to 70 per cent more than they were earning working for the state. Men who were making $200 a month are now earning $450. And the Highway Commission cannot get engineers to fill the vacancies, It can hire some young engineers but it is not in the interests of the state to carry out a $20,000,000 road building program with inexperienced engineers, Mr, Dicus asserted. Among the engineers who quit for defense jobs is M. R. Keefe, who headed the engineering department for several years. structural design engineers quit in a body to take jobs with the Glenn I. Martin Aircraft Co., Baltimore, Md. These men are under five-year contracts at lucrative salaries. There are more than 300 engineers in the department. » » ».
Christmas Party for Needy
For six years now the State Highway Department employees have been using their canteen fund to buy flowers for ailing co-workers or| their close relatives. But there weren't enough flowers to buy to keep the fund from building up to over $900. So the employees decided to use $768 of the funds to provide a Christmas for needy children. They obtained 58 boys and girls from needy families recommended by the Salvation Army and bought soX, underwear, hats, gloves, shoes, galoshes and coats for all of them. They gave each child a toy and a bag of fruit at a party in the State House annex. Fifty-one of the children were from three to 15 years of age while seven were babies. Teh Highway Department employees also gave. $200 from their canteen fund to the Salvation Army.
HANDWRITING FREES 'MAN IN OLD MURDER
DETROIT, Dec. 25 (U. P)— Evidence produced by handwriting experts of the Federal Bureau of Investigation in Washington today won freedom for Lonnie Jenkins after he served nine years of & life term for murder.
his wife and much of the testimony centered around suicide notes. The state contended they were forged and Jenkins maintained they had been written by his wife. Jenkins’ daughter, who had fought almost single-handed for her father, obtained through counsel statements from the FBI that the suicide notes were written by
been written by a roomer in the Jenkins home, ay the state contended. Judge Christopher E. Stein immediately granted a motion for a new trial, then dismissed the case, and Jenkins walked from the courtroom a free man. He said the first thing he would do wduld be to buy & Christmas present for his 3-year-old grandson, then try to get his
ator.
PLANE FIRM REPORTS "ALUMINUM SCARCITY
HAWTHORNE, Cal, Dec. 25 (U.
ers of military planes, announced today that it had been forced by a shortage of aluminum products to reduce work shifts from 10 to eight hours a day. “Delayed deliveries on our aluminum sheet orders from the Aluminum Corporation of America plants in the East have made it necessary to run two eight-hour shifts daily instead of two 10-hour shifts,” said General Manager Lamotte T. Cohu.
’41 MUCK CROP. SHOW
LA PORTE, Ind., Dec. 25 . PJ). ~The 1941 Northern Indiana muck crop show will be held in La Forte next October or November, C. B. Roberts, president of the chamber of commerce, announced today. :
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“Will this old abandoned box factory, in Noblesville be used merely to house a new printing company, or will it also hecome the national headquarters of Wile liam Dudley Pelley, leader of the ‘ Silver Shirts? That's what the people in Noblesville want to know, because, they say, there is a vast difference. Carl Losey,
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former state policeman and close friend of D. C. Stephenson, is directing renovation of the building which . already contains three presses and other printing equip‘ment transferred from Pelley’s former headquarters at Asheville, ‘N. C. Mr. Losey says the come pany, incorporated as the “Fel‘lowship Press,” will publish a
Where “Fellowship Press” is houvsed.
magazine but will have no cone nection with the Silver Shirts, or with Stephenson, former Indiana Ku-Klux "Klan dragon. Mr, Losey declined to reveal the identity of a “Mr. Henderson” who sports a white goatee and has: been seen with Mr. Losey. Mr. Pelley has a white goatee.
STUDY FAVORS USE OF METERS
Wisconsin C. of C. Says Double Parking Cut in 715 Cities.
Installation of parking meters, now being considered by Indianapolis City officials, has driven the “all-day” parker from the street, according to a survey by the La Crosse County, Wisconsin, Chamber of Commerce. : A total of 75 cities which now have parking meters reported that the meters have made more space available for those who have business to transact in the downtcwn areas and have relieved congestion. Double parking, the survey showed, virtually has been eliminated in these cities and the delivery of goods to business houses has been facilitated. The meters have forced motorists who stay all day in town to use parking lots, according to the survey, a factor which has put vacant property to use. “The parking meter has proved itself = efficient, impartial and thoroughly practical as an aid to parking regulations,” it was said.
Governor Plays Santa at Party
IN A RENTED costume, Clove ernor M. Clifford Townsend played Santa Claus to his four grandchildren at a:party this afternoon at the Governor's mansion. Present were Mr..and Mrs. Max Townsend Townsend II,
Mr. and Mrs.
Lemoyne Duncan and daughters |
Kitty Ann and Nancy Sue, and Mr. and Mrs. Robert Marshall and son Rex, Governor-elect Henry PF. Schricker spent the day with his family ‘at Knox.
SIGNAL GROUP. PLANS FAREWELL DANCE
‘The 38th Signal Company, Indiana National Guard, will hold a farewell dance at the Motor Armory, 2000 Madison Ave., Saturday for mem-
bers and guests. Sergt. Virgil Kappes, Sergt. Stanley Hibbs and Sergt. Leon Oldham are the committee in charge of ar-
rangements. The Banner-Whitehill
Co. will give the company & present to be taken to Camp Shelby, Miss, when the unit is inducted into Fed-
eral service in January.
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AWAIT FEDERAL SEWER J0B 0. K.
Repair Project Will Start in Spring if Capital Gives Approval.
Indianapolis’ largest sewer repair project in more than 20 years will open next spring, nrovided Federal officials approve a $1, 125,000 appropriation for the work. Approved by the State WPA office here, the project was sent to Washington early this week for final approval, according {0 City Engineer M. G. Johnson. | ' The program, of which the City’s share is $317,000, includes the repair of the large downtown drains, relaying of part of the big Pogue's Run sewer and reconstruction of the White River Interceptor sewer which serves: the West Side. The White River interceptor will be relocated to! conform with changes in the river banks, now nearly completed under the Army’s Flood Control program. Mr. Johnson and Raymond Cassidy, sewer engineer, said part of the repair and Teconstruction would be let to private contract for supervision, while WPA
labor would be used.
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Mayor Rests, hu but Expedts Pleas From Citizens to . Resume Tomorrow, -
The man most Indianapolis fix. payers regard as a sort of sub-Igka
parted, the situation’ be “dife ferent. nay EE There are some on “the South Side who will tate their request for track elevation. Many residents in that section belive grade separation is the key to the fut f the South Side. .
And Th the Tunnel
And there are South Siders who would like to see the Bates ‘St, underpass drained and better lighted. They told the Works Board about it the other day. They said they didn’t believe. the . underpass was quite safe enough for the children who attend School-‘& Then, there’s the new Police Sta« tion which a group of businessmen want. The Marion County Grand Jury has recommended it and. the businessmen want the Mayor to say" the word so that they can start rais~_ ing the money for a new building. The folks in the northwest pars of the city would like to see a new bridge built over Fall Creek at Indiana Ave. to replace the present structure which has been closed-for 16 months. - Many Want Jobs :. The folks who live on unime proved streets will be asking the Mayor to have the chuckholes removed by early spring. A great many residents soon will ask for new streets and sewers. The Park Board plans to ask for the extension of Maple Road Blvd: westward from White River Pkwy. and Streets Commissigner Wilbur Winship will ask for new street sweepers. The Safety Board is considering parking meters which the Board may ask the Mayor to approve. And on -the basis of past experience, Tingieds probably will ask for City obs, -.. _ Along with all these requests which start coming the day after &hristmas, there will be one big item a number of taxpayers will ask .the Mayor about next fall. It has to do with the tax rate—and the request
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