Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 13 January 1941 — Page 14

“HOSPITAL SOUGHT

$255, 000 Program Delayed by fine: Officials Say More Elevators Are Needed and Water System Should Be Rencvated.

By RICHARD LEWIS City Hospital officials have renewed their drive to modernize the hospital at a cost of $255,000. The improvement project proposed last spring has: ‘een delayed by a questic m

of financing. .

One of the largest institutions of its kind in the Middle West, the Hospital has been doing steadily increasing

business as the result of a population influx into Indianapolis. Moreover, it is now being regarded a defense fac-

tor. - Hospital attaches say that if an epidemic—like the World War flu

siege—should break out, the institution’s facilities would be heavily taxed. City Hospital was built nearly 80 years ago to deal with an epidemic.

Three Phases fo Program

Three major phases of the proposed improvement ‘project are the extension of surgical facilities, reconstruction of the water system and installation of new <glevators. Dr. Charles W. Myers, Superintendent, said he was particularly concerned about the water system. Water, taken from wells on the grounds, is hard, and as a result the pipes in the walls are slowly deteriorating, he said. If the pipes break, a large repair bill will follow, he said. The proposed plan is to" install a water ' softening system and repair pipes which have been corroded. ~The elevators are insufficient. New elevators are needed and old ones should be repaired, Dr. Myers said.

Some Disagreement

Behind the Hospital improvement program there is some disagreement at City Hall. City Council has viewed the project favorably, but Mayor Reginald H. Sullivan has approached it cautiously. He is npt convinced that the City can afford it. Hospital officials are trying to convince again. They hope to get a definite answer soon, in view of the fact that the 1941 budget has been straightened out.

Office Streamlined

The City Park Department office has gone streamlined. Telephone inter-office communication systems have been installed and all desks - are interconnected by a buzzer system. Instead of calling to one another across several feet of foorspace or walking around partitions, Park officials merely press a button. Presto, the official being sought ap-

pears. -Back on Lhe job again after a three months’ iilness is Park Super_intendent A. C. Sallee. When he came into his office early this week he found a new desk, replete with ‘buzzers, telephones, blotters and new year calendars.

STATE EDITORS GONVENE FEB. 7

Louisville Executive Is on Program; Schricker to Speak Also.

The Hoosier State Press Assovitiog will open a two-clay session Feb, 7 at the Hotel Lincoln. | Mark Ethridge, vice president and business manager of the Louisville (Ky.), Courier Journal and Times, will deliver the keynote address ior the! convention banquet on the opeliirig day. Ji Frank McDermond Jr. of Attica, association president, will open the eighth convention officially |.

newspapers. Officers’ reports will be followed by a noon luncheon and organ recital. | Cups to Be Awarded Friday afternoon, a newspaper seniinar will be conducted. The annual award of cups, plaques and certificates in competitive events sponscred by the association [will be made during the banquet at which Mr. Ethridge is to = speak. Open house will be held for vigiting| journalists at the Indianapolis Press Club following the banquet. On Saturday, the Indiana Weekly Press Association will open its annual session with a breakfast, end publishers of Indiana daily newspapers will hold an “off-the-record” dis¢ussion of state and natibnal legislation and problems affecting the future of newspapers.

Schricker to Speak

Hen'y P. Schricker, in his first major address since becoming Governor, will speak at a luncheon to close the convention. Following the luncheon, Republican editors will hold ah executive session. The annual winter banguet of the Indiana Republican Editorial Association will be held that night.

{ASKS NEW BREAKWATER WASHINGTON, Jan. 13 (U. P.). —Rep. John Z. Anderson (R. Cal.) today recommended constructicn of a kregkwater at Halfmoon Bay. 25 miles south of San Francisco, to provide a harbor for fleets of the

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Bolger “he |; esting up for another escapade,

Twolat Fire| Station Died, |

Now Bolger

Fire H¢use 1 always hay had

bad luck vith its mascots. First it was “Ambish” (short for Ambitious]. Back in 1931 Ambish was s0 lazy he wouldai’t get up to eat. | Once he was lying under the fire truck and wouldn't move. That whs the first mascot fatality at id Statione 1, Then came Duke. Duke liked to run with the fire trucks anc often got half way to a fire before giving . He ran so much that he wore off his-fo¢t pads. The boys grdered shoes for him, but they arrived a day late. Duke died answe ring a two-alarm fire. Discourg ged, ‘the firemen gave up the idea ¢f having any more dogs until last June, when :Bolger appeared and adopted the firg com-

pan Ho. adopted the company in such a sure manner that at fist his name was Hitler, “because le conquered the place in blitzkrieg style.” He becam: so well-liked tha? Hitler seemed ar. unfair name, and Bolger was chosen. Then [recently tragedy | | struck again. A car speeding on W. Michigan St., struck Bolger, hurled him across the road ¢nd down a steep embankment. A fireman saw the gccident and ran to the dog’s aid. More than an hour’s search by all of Bolge/’s friends proved - futile. That night the temperature {iropped to 5 above zero. The next day the firemgn resumed th: search, and when they couldn’t find him, decided lhe had died. Bui that night Bolger, his left hind leg dragging, crepi{ whimpering to the fire house dogr. Springilig into action as| though the all-out three alarm had been sounded, [the firemen bundled the shivering dog in blankels and rushed him to the veterinajian. Today Bolger, wearing & splint, is recovering rapidly. Recently he disappear2d again and it was only

after Fir¢ Captain Renzil Williams

Has Broken Leg

had scoured the nelgthosiel] in his car, that Bolger, weary fromm his limping escapade reappeared and whined for admittance. He was forgiven. The firemen— glad that the accident only resulted in a broken leg—look forward to the day when Bolger will be back on all four legs, beating the fire engine to the door on every alarm.

PASTORS RAP MOVE TO LEGALIZE BINGO

The Indianapolis Methodist Ministerial Association today passed a resolution opposing the legislgtion

of bingo in Indiana. Dr. Ezra L. Hutchens, pastor of the Irvington Methodist Church, who sponsored the resolution, said he understood that a bill is iD be introduced into the Legislaturs soon “to legalize bingo in the name of churches and fraternal organizations.” He said a petition is being circulated in Indianapolis in favor of such a bill. “I believe a majority of the churches stand with us in strong opposition to a measure which touches so vitally the moral! and economic welfare of the Ciby,! » Dr. Hutchens said.

BRISCOE TO TALK TO I. U. CLUB HERE

Dr. Herman T. Briscoe, Indiana University dean of faculties, will speak at the first of a series of winter dinner meetings of the Indiana University Club of Indianapolis at 6:30 p. m. tomorrow ‘in the Athenaeum. Harry L. Gause, club president, has invited all I. U. graduates living in Indianapolis to attend. Robert R. Sturgeon, '39, will be chairman.

Stoops Asks Increase Here To Conform With Driving Habits.

A five mile-an-hour increase in the speed limit in Indianapolis was advocated today by Todd Stoops, Hoosier Motor Club secretary-man-ager. : Asserting that speed laws should conform &'to Indianapolis driving habits, Mr. Stoops suggested that

[the speed limit be raised from 20

{0 25 miles an hour downiown and from 30 to 36 miles an hour in residential districts. / _ Police Chief Michael PF. Morrissey, who has been studying a proposal

‘| to reduce the residential speed limit

to 25 miles an hour,after dark, declined to comment on Mr. Stoops’ proposal. Morris Opposes Change Donald F. Morris, Safety Board member, ‘said he felt that no change|¥ should be made in the present speed limits. These limits he said are uniform throughout the State. Any change would cause confusion among out-of-town motorists driving in Indianapolis, he said. “I don’t think the speed limit should be increased, in view of the fact that more people are being killed in traffic,” he said. Mr. Stoops based his ‘proposal on the advances of automotive engineering which have resulted in better brakes and other features enabling motorists to drive more safely. “In the last 11 years,” he said, “hydraulic brakes on all four wheels have been developed together with better and more braking surface and better brake limings. Yet we still travel at the legal speed of 1929 when cars had brakes only on two wheels.

Laws Should Follow Habits

“Then brakes were mechanical and often out of order. The braking surface was small and the brake lining- was inferior to the quality now in use. “The average motorist today drives 25 miles an hour in the business district and 35 miles an hour in the residence district. Laws should follow the driving habits of motorists who adapt their driving to the power of their brakes just as they adapt their driving to weather and road conditions.” Mr. Stoops reported that amendment of the speed laws for municipalities was favored by 83 per cent of the Hoosier Motor Club members voting on the proposal. It is one of the 20 tentative legislative aims of the club, he said.

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Irish Author, Dies

ZURICH, Switzerland, Jan, 13 (U. P.).—James Joyce, 58, ‘noted Irish author best known for his “Ulysses,” died here today. Mr. Joyce, who would have been 59 on Feb. 2, underwent a major abdominal operation Friday. With the publication of “Finnegan's Wake” last year, Mr. Joyce closed the cycle of his great works. “Ulysses” took seven years to write “Finnegan’s Wake,” 17. Mr, Joyce left his home 'in Ireland 35 years ago and went tol Trieste, where his son, George, and a daughter, Lucia, were born. He lived there until 1915 when he went to Zurich. “Ulysses” was originally published in 1922 and was written in a style featuring run-together ‘words and phrases, words: of the author’s own coinage, unusual punctuation or complete lack of it in the orthodox manner, and frank treatment of sex which caused many to consider it as indecent. It was 11 years before the book became legally available in the United States. Mr. Joyce went even further with the use of strange words in “Finnegan’s Wake,” using many phrases from. various languages or creating many weird word sound combinations he thought necessary in any given passage. Few have professed to understand it. The volumes written by other people explaining how to understand Mr. Joyce outnumber the author’s original works.

REPORT EUROPEAN UNREST NEW YORK, Jan. 13 (U. P.).— A report to the German Jewish committee on conditions in Russian and German dominated European states said today there were signs of “widespread unrest” and “increasing resistance” to Nazi and Soviet policies.

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