Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 19 February 1941 — Page 20

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4 DIE IN FIRE AT SOCIAL CENTER

Five Injured When Flames Imperil 50 Others in San Francisco.

‘SAN FRANCISCO, Feb. 19 (U. P.).—Officials today sought the cause of a fire that swept Mission Community Center, killed four persons, injured five and imperiled 50, most of whom were children. The victims were Mrs. Linda Zachariah; 50, and Mrs. Emma Her2og, 64, Red Cross sewing instructors; Mrs. Louise McCrary, 35, mother of two children, and Archie Colon, 8. All were asphyxiated. The fire apparently started on the . Btage of the auditorium, and quick- _ ly burst through the roof. Mrs. Marion Hayes, a dramatics teacher, saved more than a dozen children in a second floor classroom. When she heard the alarm, she opened the door and saw flanies billowing down the hall. She quickly locked the door, and herded her. charges to a window, from which they shinned down a tree to the ground. Her skirts were smoking by the time she escaped.

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“The only way to get a man,” says “Daisy Mae” Jean Kline, Butler co-ed, “is to go out and get him by the year.” That is the way all the girls will do Friday night when Theta Sigma Phi, national honorary journalism sorority, holds its annual Riters’ Roundup dance. Miss Kline chose for her “Lil Abner” of the moment, basketballer Bill Hamilton. The girls will ask the boys Friday night, buy the tickets, furnish the transportation, and buy the hamburgers afterward.

6. 0. P. IS FAIR, ~ HILLIS CLAIMS

It's Natural for Democrats To Try to Hold Jobs, He Declares.

Times Special BATESVILLE, Ind., Feb. 19.—The Republican legislative program. has been carried out in a “spirit of fairness to a Democratic Governor,” de-

P. gubernatorial candidate, in an address at a Republican meeting last night. : He defended all the Republican “decentralization” bills as “fair, not only to the Democrats but to all the people of Indiana.” “It is only natural that the Democrats should make every attempt possible to hold their jobs in order to keep at least a semblance of an organization with which to go into the 1942 campaign,” Mr. Hillis said. “That is not the motive behind the Republican program, which is to give the people of Indfana the best government possible.” “And still the Democrats want a compromise. There shall be no compromise with right.”

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clared Glen R. Hillis, defeated G. O.|

Talks to Realtors

William H. Pickett, classified advertising manager of the Cincinnati Enquirer, will speak on “Classified Advertising as an Aid to Selling” at the Indianapolis Real Estate Board weekly lunch-. eon tomorrow in the Hotel Washington. Earl B. Teckemeyer, Board president, will preside and William A. Hackemeyer, vice president, will introduce Mr. Pickett.

REALTY LICENSE FIGHT IS OPENED

Denounced by Ralston as

Scheme to Eliminate Little Fellow.

Wearing white ribbons with the words “No Licenses,” nearly 50 members of the Indianapolis Real Estate Board appeared before a Senate Judiciary Committee yesterday to protest against a bill to license real estate brokers and salesmen. Earl Teckemeyer, president of the local board, declared that the bill would “merely place another tax on real estate men.” “We now have more bureaus than we know what to do with,” he asserted. “There has been a bill like this before practically every Legislature since 1922 and there must be a good reason for the fact that it has never passed.”

Bill Creates Board

The measure, introduced by Senator Harold W. Handley (R. La Porte), would create a three-man State Real Estate - Board which would give examinations and license annually all real estate brokers and salesmen. The three members would be named by the Governor, Lieutenant Governor and Secretary of State. The licensés fees would pay departmental expenses. 3 J. B. Dilworth, La Porte attorney, speaking in favor of the measure, declared that reputable real estate men want the bill in the interests of the public and of the profession. He said that passage -of the measure would abolish “shyster” real estate brokers in Indiana since the license of an individual guilty of such things as misrepresentation cduld be revoked and he could no longer do business in the state. Little Men Ruined

Mr. Teckemeyer declared that the present law which requires that non-resident real estate men doing businéss in Indiana obtain licenses was adequate. Boyd M. Ralston, veteran Indianapolis realtor, asserted that “big business is behind this scheme which is just'a plan to ruin the little fellows.” “I haven't heard any wild cry from the public for protection from real estate men,” commented Ford Woods, another Indianapolis realtor.

More Patronage

“This bill would just give the politicians more patronage and once we get it on the books we can never get it off.” Several real estate men from northern Indiana spoke in favor of jhe bill. They contended that its passage would ‘take racketeering out of the real estate business.” The Senate Judiciary Committee took the matter under advisement and is expected to make a recommendation on it during the next two days.

Man-Made Isle

BOSTON, Feb. 19 (U. P.).— Designs for construction of floating man-made islands, to be anchored in mid-ocean for use as air bases and emergency harbors, have been submitted to Congressional and naval authorities by Capt. Lars Mikkelsen of Boston, a retired sea captain. The islands, to cost $12,000,000 each, would be equipped with airplane landing fields, specially planned harbors for large ships and living quarters for the crew and visitors. A system of large docks, similar to canal locks, would provide passage between

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CANCEL TICKETS "FOR DRAFTEES

3 Now in. Army Don’t Have To Pay for Parking - Violations.

The - newest reason for official cancellation of -a parking sticker is the draft. : : Draftees, it developed yesterday, don’t have to pay.. Anyway, the Police Department isn’t going to try to collect from someone who has

been drafted after the sticker has been issued. : g The Safety Board yesterday approved cancellations of stickers issued to three young men, all’ of whom are now in military service. The action was taken on the recommendation of Police Chief Michael F. Morrissey. 2 » n

Fire May Change Code

As an aftermath of a recent W. Washington St. fire, the City Building Commission is seeking to amend

the building code to prohibit construction of modernistic, solid, windowless fronts on buildings of more than a single story. J : This type of construction hampers fire department entrance to upper . floors, according to Building Commissioner George R. Popp. At the fire Mr. Popp cited, fire‘men ‘had to enter the building from the rear. ” ” ”

Police Officer Retires

The familiar figure of Patrolman Walter F. Claffey will be missing from the Police Department. Patrolman Claffey is now Mr. Claffey,

gentleman farmer of Mooresville, Ind. He retired yesterday after 25 years of service. The veteran policeman was known as a quiet, painstaking member of the department. For some time, he served in the traffic division as a cornerman at Illinois and Maryland Sts. At Headquarters, they said his parting comment was: “Well, now I'm going to go down to the farm and live happy ever

after.” 2

Receipt for ‘Dupes’ The negotiations between County Prosecutor Sherwood Blue and Chief Morrissey over police reports have resulted in a new police reporting system at the Police Station. Hereafter, duplicate reports will be made of everything for Mr. Blue and his staff. After delivering the “dupes” to the Prosecutor’s office at the Court House, the police messenger has been instructed specifically to come back with a receipt . . . businesslike.

INTERESTS BROADER FOR ’41 CHILDREN

PHILADELPHIA, Feb. 19 (U. P.). —Boys are not what they used to be, according to Stanley Rhoads Yarnall, Germantown Friends School principal 33 years and a teacher for 42 years. The 1941 boy is too sophisticated to place pigeons in assembly hall or throw water in paper bags from upstairs windows, he says. “Boys and girls of today have broader interests in life than those of 30 years ago,” Yarnall explained. “They pay more attention to music and art.”

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. the harbor and the ocean. Navy officials told Capt. Mikkelsen they would consider the invention only ‘after a demonstration at his own expense. He has requested an opportunity to explain his idea to ‘President Roosevelt in an interview. The islands would be one-half mile long and 800 feet wide, ‘and would be held in place by ane chors. Mikkelsen says the floating bases would be valuable not only for Hemisphere defense but as permanent bases for refueling trans-Atlantic air travel.

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10—15.95 Students’ 2TROUSER SUITS . . . . . 8—12.95 Students’ SUITS. ...... . . 14—10.95 & 12.95 Boys' & Students'-OVERCOATS . 5—17.95 Students’ ZIPPER LINED TOPCOATS . | 19—17.95 & 19.95 2-TROUSER HUSKY STOUT SUITS 4—12.95 2. TROUSER Cadet SUITS . + » . . 7.00 6—16.95 2.TROUSER Cadet SUITS . ‘ 12.95

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