Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 May 1941 — Page 7

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"SATURDAY, MAY 17, 1941

Hoosier Vagabond:

LOS ANGELES, May 17.—A birth certificate epi"demic has swept the country. You can hardly buy a chocolate soda out here these days without a birth

certificate. It is caused by the Government order that no alien . shall be employed an aircraft defense work. And to prove youre not an alien, you have to show a birth certificate. I have a friend who went to an aircraft factory the other day for a job. He took his passport, his World War Army discharge, and an affidavit from his father. But he had no birth certificate. They wouldn’t even lets him fill out an application. There are several million‘Americans like myself, born in the litt places, who never did have a bir certificate. They just didn’t follow the custen back “in those days. So we are in kind of a mess. It is possible to get some kind of a delayed certificate, but it takes a lot of corresponding and affidavittaking and -notary-swearing. You can’t do it overnight, by any means. They say birth-certificate law- _ yers have now hung out their shingles, profising to get you a certificate for $50 or so. There is a rumor around here that a legitimate, American-born citizen will not be hired by the aircraft companies if either of his parents was born abroad. haven't been able to verify the rumor, but I hear so much there must be some basis to I

"All Wear Badges

Every person hired gets fingerprinted for the Fed- _ eral Bureau 'of Investigation, and. his history is checked into with particular attention to any antiAmerican sentiments in the past. In the plant he is dander the surveillance of a whole force of plant detectives, and very probably of FBI men, too. However, none of this is apparent, and there is no feeling that the men are hounded or watched through key‘holes. Every employee in an aircraft plant, "from the president on do as to wear a badge with his number on it. Also he has to carry a card with his picture on it, and he can’t get through the gate without showing it.

Inside Indianapolis (And “Our Town")

PROFILE OF THE WEEK: George Henry Alex-

ander Clowes, the research director of the Eli Lilly

Co., who co-operated in the development of insulin, who is the president of the ‘State Symphony Society and who is nationally known for his knowledge of art. Dr. Clowes’ name is pronounced as though it were spelled with an “ay instead of an “0"’—as “clews. ”» He is now 63, a stocky man of about 5 feet 8 inches and weigh- * ing about 170. He has iron gray hair and a typically ruddy. British complexion with bushy gray eyebrows that jut out prominently. He retains his very English accent and pronunciation. His intimates call him “Alec” and he usually signs his name “with his initials which have been jokingly interpreted by his friends “Great Heavens Above.” His taste in clothes runs » English tweeds which look like the pockets ought to be full of pipes, but he never smokes. He eats conservatively, but being a true Briton he loves his roast beef and counts the afternoon lost when he doesn’t have his spot of tea.

A Business-like Scientist

DR. CLOWES is that rare combination of topnotch research scientist who knows:everything going on outside the walls of the laboratory and who is a canny and sound business executive. He has ‘an amazing amount of energy and is: always going at full tilt during his waking hours. He has a phenomenal memory and can listen to a two-hour discourse on a scientific subject and just about repeat it word for word next day. His knowledge of Biblical history always astounds his friends. And with this he has such powers of concentration that he sometimes passes up friends on the street without even seeing them. He loves friendly arguments 4 any subject under the sun and is very

| ‘Washington

' WASHINGTON, May 17. —If we drift into inflation, and there is serious danger of it, Congress will share importantly in the blame, especially tii€ Senate, because of legislation to push up farm prices. Con-

gress is umloosing the most vicious forces and risking : the very real danger of starting - a general price spiral. ; Remembering the . fantastic price inflation of the last war, many Administration officials have been striving to prevent a’ repetition. It was a ghastly experience and caused the entire “Farm Belt to go into a depression

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Prices between 1915 ‘and 1918 went crazy in most basic commodities. Wheat rose from ‘$1.39 ‘a bushel to $2.25. Cattle went from $9.21 per hundred pounds to $17.63 and “hogs went from $7.28 to $17.72. Lard jumped from 8 cents a pound to 26 gents; cotton from ©. cents to 31 cents. : That was the result of: abnofmal war derail avhich was left to play its havoe against a normal supply.

Prices Moving Up

This time Congress is deliberately trying to nudge "up prices by legislation. The idea is that everybody must get his out of this emergency. Senator Bankhead said that labor, coal, -and railroads, for instance, were helped by Congress so-he couldn't see why anyone should object to helping the farmer. Only two Senators out of the whole body, Danaher of Connecticut, a Republican, and Gerry of Rhode Island, a Democrat, had the nerve to vote against - this grab by the farm lpbby. “ The grab was in the form of boosting the loan price for wheat, cotton and corn primarily. Senator : Bankhead explained that the old loan price for cot-~

My Day

WASHINGTON, Friday.—Yesterday afternoon I “had the pleasure of having Madame Ruiz-Guinazu, wife of the Argentine Minister of Foreign Affairs, her

two daughters and Madame Espil, wife of the ArgenThe girls are ather sad at having to leave so

soon, for they felt they could

spend a month with ease in the United States. - ~~ Madame Ruiz-Guinazu was “fairly exhausted by the amount of

sightseeing which they had done,

but everything was of great inter.est to her. She spoke with enthusiasmr of the national gallery ‘and of the beauty ®f our capital city. Then she told me at length of her interest in the Congres- - sional Library, particularly the collection of books in Braille, and the new development of tdlking books for the blind. Her son is in charge of this work in the Argentine. Having become blind Med at the age of 17, he evidently Seteriuined to lead a busy, useful “and, therefore, He has written three books “ahd is leading En ey ‘for the whole of South Amerdea In the development of opportunities tor blind people

What a wonderfal’ thing it is to use one’s handi-

caps, not only:to enrich one’s own B characier and per-

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‘By Ernie Pyle

In the Lockheed plant I saw quite a few men Wor without shirts or undershirts—just stripped down to the waist, as is not uncommon in California. These men, could, of course, pin their badges on their pants at the belt line. But that apparently didn’t suit |: one fellow. For he-had taken adhesive tape and taped his badge on the bare skin of his chest, like a headlight. And speaking of skin, I have a-friend who works in an’ employment service, and he says that an astounding number of people have their Social Security ‘number’ tattooed on them. I believe I'll have it done myself. wanted to be tattooed, anyhow. f

Education a Big Help

This' friend in the employment service talks all day long to these hopeful and hopeless Midwesterners out here to try for the defense jobs. Mostly they are people without much education; people who have never done.much except manual labor. He says that almost invariably when he comes to the question, “Have you any physical disabilities?” they will sort of grin and say, “Non except in my head.” Each fellow who says it thinks it’s original with him. My friend says he has heard it so many thousand‘times he cringes every time he asks the question now. My friend has also learned from this stream of job-hunters what a little education does for a man. +He says that after awhile you get so that, by talking one minute with a man, you can guess almost to the year how far he went in school. He was astonished at the difference high school makes in a fellow, He says it seems to him that the superiority of high-schoolers over eighth-graders is much greater in ratio than the superiority of college men over high-schoolers. My friend says it is one of the basic rules, in judging applicants for jobs, to-assume that no man is ever as good as he says he. is. Everybody who is oyt of work got that way, to hear them tell it, because they were sick or couldn’t stand the boss or something, and just had to resign. With that in’ mind, my friend tells a story that happened the other day. He was interviewing an Irishmarr from Texas, and he asked him why he left his last job. And. the Irishman said: “Well, it will probably surprise’ you to learn that I got fired!”

' I've always

decisive and ‘a little blustery. When he makes ‘up his ‘mind, people don't argue much with him,

'Easterleigh and Westerleigh

HE WAS BORN IN Ipswich, England, and studied at the Royal College of Science in London, at Gottingen University, at Berlin University and at the Pasteur Institute jn Paris. He came to the United States in 1900 and has been associated with the Lillys since 1918. His work in purifying Dr. Banting’s insulin extract for commercial use is, of course, well known all over the world. He directs the Lilly research laboratories both here and at Woods Hole, Mass. He lives here most of the time and spends from June until October at Woods Hele in the. Marine Biological’ Laboratories. His home here is known as Westerleigh, at Woods Hole as Easterleigh. He genuinely. loves both aft and music and his energy and enthusiasm are credited with putting over many of the Symphony's campaigns. He is well known nationally not only for his art collection, but -for his knowledge of old Dutch and old Italian masters.

What Awful Golf Form!

HE HAS ALWAYS played a lot of golf, both here at Woodstock and at Woods Hole and loves the game. He has atrocious form, but surprisingly enough, plays a good game. To see him wind up, youd think he was going to miss the ball a mile or bury it in the, ground, but he dpesn't. - His frequent golf companion ‘is his small pollie, Brownie, who enjoys the game as much as he does. Dr. Clowes has been wild about ice skating ever since his student days on the Continent and frequently goes to the Coliseum for some fancy figure skating. At Waods Hole, he swims quite a bit and goes boating with his two sons of whose sailing ability he is, inordinately proud. And he is awfully publicity shy and probably will be embarrassed about all this.

By Raymond Clapper

9 cents and now will be 13% cents. For wheat the Ioan price jumps from 65 cents a bushel to 9614 cents. For corn it goes from 61 cents a bushel to ‘almost 70 cents. Those are the amounts farmers can obtain for their products in the form of Government loans. Actually the effect is to peg prices above those figures. Commodity : markets have been shooting up for several days in. anticipation of this action by Con-’ gress. Flour prices went up 20 cents a barrel in New York and large chain bakers were rushing the mar‘ket with heavy purchases against further increases. Wheat at Chicago went over a dollar and corn hit the highest price ih four years. In anticipation of this legislation, wheat has advanced nearly 10 ‘cents a bushel in the last two weeks and cotton has risen $7.50 to $8.50 a bale, .The Senate boosted the loan level higher than the House had placed it but the House quickly accepted the increase and the new loan bill now is be- \ fore President Roosevelt.

A Matter of Politics

This measure has been viewed with some alarm in the Department of Agriculture and there is concern generally here lest the measure incite general price inflation. It is a political matter and administrative officials are helpless. It runs counter to the whole effort of the Administration to hold prices Shenay Price Administrator Henderson, by his, actiqn in steel, has sought to prevent ‘wage increases from being passed on to the customers.’ The Treasury seeks, by heavy taxation and direct borrowing from the public, to hold down mass purchasing power so that during this period when civilian goods will be limited in quantity, there will be less pressure on prices. Some men like Bernard M. Baruch have been pressing the Administration to move faster and on a wider scale before prices get entirely out of hand. But Congress, on the polifesl front, insists upon business as usual.

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By Eleanor Roosevelt

sonality, but to enrich the lives of others facing the same difficulties. At 4:30 the Cabinet ladies and I lined up for the reception given to the women executives in the various Government departments. We had hoped to have it out of doors, but the sky looked so threatening that we decided it was safer to stay inside. ‘About 1750 ladies passed.by us in an hour and & half, I am always particularly happy to entertain this group, for I feel they are responsible for much of the good work done in the Government. My friend, Mrs. Charles Fayerweather, from Lebanon, N. Y., and her son, John, are staying with me. After a quiet dinner they went out to visit some friends, while I ‘spent the evening working at my desk and finally caught up on the mail, This merning I had a number of appointments, for as soon as I' am back in Washington, people appear to remember all sorts of things they had been hoarding until my return. At 1 o'clock, I am going to lunch with Mr. Edward

and to see some pieces of sculpture which have been sent in for their latest competition. The sun has come back to us and I am ‘looking forward to a very delightful afternoon. First of all, I.shall go to the Shoreham Hotel, where the Women's National Demo ic Club is having its annual spring fete, and then to tea with the regent and vice regents of .the Mount Vernon Ladies’ Association, which is

HINT GERMANS

| Greek police were re-armed with

tenance of order, and feeding the

TO LET GREECE

Ally: Role Is That of - ‘Generous Conqueror.’

(For three weeks, Joseph Ww. Gtigg Jr. toured the southeastern jatuete ids. Re has just retur to This is hi description of what he TP Evou airing 4000-mile automobile trip ifiroug Jugoslavia and Greece.)

By JOSEPH W. GRIGG JR. United Press Staff Correspondent -

BBRLIN, May 17.-Germany is|-

described by Nazis as seeking today to play the role of: “generous conqueror” in" Greece, a great part of which after less than three weeks of occupation faces the prospect of a

brought , Belgium to the verge of starvation this spring. Athens and the nearby port of. Piraeus, with nearly one-sixth of the country’s total population, as well as Southern Greece generally, are most critically affected. A multiplicity of problems, such as transport difficulties, have given rise to reports that Germany may hand the country over to the Italians. There was no official confirmation | of the report, but well-informed Nazi quarters admit it would be in keeping with Italy’s “imperal aspiration”' and point out that all Germany sought were Greek bases. 1

Food Hoarded

Asked whether. such a change would be wise in view of the Greeks’ uneoncealed hatred of Italian troops, some of whom already have appeared in Athens, one competent personality replied: “Germany and Italy are allles and we. can accept no outside considerations that could drive a wedge between us.” I toured Greece with other American correspondents under sponsorship of the Nazis. When I arrived in the Greek capital, a week after the entry of German troops, food of all kinds still was plentiful. Three days later, the situation | had deteriorated so meat was almost. unobtainable. Greek authorities were forced to ration butter. And, for the first time since the beginning of the war, queues began forming outside food stores. According to Greeks with whom, I talked, hoarding further aggravated the shortage. ‘

Local Covernmelit Exists

But probably no other country defeated by the Reich enjoys such a degree of apparent self-government. The new Tsolokoglou Cabinet received immediate recognition. The machinery of local government was set rolling again as far as possible. Greek war prisoners were released immediately after the conclusion of hostilities. The Greek flag flies alongside the. Swastika on public buildings. Official German policy in Greece is based on the theory that the Nazis bear no malice toward the Greek people themselves. This is in striking contract to Nazi policy toward the Serbian rump of the fore mer Jugoslav state, which to all intents has become a second Poland. One of the first acts of German military authorities was to nominate district prefects directly responsible to the - new Athens Government.

rifles and placed under the prefects. Greek local authorities themselves were made responsible for restoration ‘of public services, health, main-

population. - Prices Skyrocket

“German miilitary authorities intervene only in effect, thereby reliev:t ing them of much of the burdensome business of local administration and simultaneously giving the irapression, which the: Germans are anxious to convey, that they are being especially generous in their treatment of the Greeks in contrast to other conquered peoples. This the Greeks have accepted with fairly good grace. There are no reported cases of sniping at German troops. It is true, -however, that there is little fraternizing between Germans and Greeks and throughout the more than a week I spent in Greece I never saw a Greek girl walking with a German soldier. Three weeks of German occupation" have brought many changes in the life of Greece. For the average | Greek, the chief differences are the incregsing food shortage, skyrocketing prices and the. gradual disappearance of coffee, tea, chocolate, cigarets and other luxuries.

7 Jobs for Soldiers Lacking

All towns are fhronged = with|" thousands of © demobilized soldiers, many of whom tramped and hitch-

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hiked several hundred miles toreach)

home, and now are faced with un-

Purthermore, the fishing industry, which . in peacetime provided the

Greeks® with an important propor-|

tion of their food, is at a complete standstill because of the British blockade and loss of the Greek merchant fleet, which was Greece's greatest source of income,

BYRD MAPS DEFENSE BASES IN ANTARCTIC

. WASHINGTON, May 17 (U. 2).

said today that the United States could lay claim to nearly 1,000,000 square miles of Antarctica, where defense bases could be established

destroyed. Admiral Byrd said at a press conference that the Antarctic area which could be claimed as a result of ‘American explorations, lies

He. “sald that ! the northernmost reaches of Antarctica, ing about 500 miles from the. tip of South’

America, would be suitable for bases |

GOTO ALANS |

Nazi Point Out out Duce Is;

food shortage as grave as that which |.

employment and no organized plans| .|to put them to work.

—Rear Admiral Richard E. Byrd|

in event the Panama Canal were |

wholly within Western Herais- i] Bruce, and others of the Commission of Fine Arts, phere y ihe Sais

Prof. Edna Johnson . . . schoolwork comes first

SCOUTS’ CIRCUS

HONORS T TURNER|

Exciting Show how Bays at Play to Be Presented Again Tonight.

The fourth annual Boy Scout Circus was presented last night at the Coliseum by the Central Indiana Council, Boy Scouts of America, and 1t turned out to be an exciting show of just what you'd expect—boys at play. It wil be repeated tonight. At one time, for Snstance, more

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than 1000 Boy Scouts, Sea Scouts

and Cubs were in the arena at one

time, playing all manner of games and contests — tug-of-war, foot races, sparring matches, Indian wrestling, etc. At another time, in honor of Col. Roscoe Turner, speed flier who was general chairman of the event,

there were more than 100 model

planes, gasoline and rubber powered, in the air at the same time. One feature of the show was a cardboard city, complete with trees, which was blown down by a “hurricane.” © The boys then rescued the “citizens.” About 5000 Scouts took part in a grand parade. Col. Turner was greeted by a five-minute ovation before he spoke. ; “America’s future still lies in its youth, and it is a tribute to such organizations as the Boy Scouts that youth is being trained in ideals and talents without any military connection,” he said.”

OBJECTOR IN ARMY

REFUSES UNIFORM

LAWTON, Okla., May 17 (U. P.). —Jack Leroy Palmer, Elk City, Okla. selectee who was inducted into the Army - despite his conscientious objections, went about his duties with. the medical division at Ft. Sill today in civilians clothes. Palmer does the rest of the recruits, but he re-

fuses to wear a uniform, will not

sign the Army payroll and does his duties oni a “volunteer” basis. The forther Dearborn, Mich., youth hopes to be sent to.a conscientious objectors’ camp after the Army’s adjutant general department in Washington makes a decision coneerning his status. He has been at Ft. Sill three months. He lives in a tent with other soldiers. He receives money for incidental expenses from his parents and friends. He is a member of the Fellowship of Reconciliation anid Wdr Registers League, both international pacifist organizations.

BILL FOR DEFERMENT BY AGE INTRODUCED

WASHINGTON, May 17 (U. P.) — Chairman Andrew J. May (D. Ky.) of the House Military Affairs Committee yesterday introduced a bill authorizing the President to defer registrants by age groups. The bill would carry out a request made early this wgek by acting Selective Service Director Lewis B. Hershey.

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CENTER RELIEF * | EXPENSES RUN

UNDER BUDGET

: Mueller Estimates Savings

On Pay-as-You-Go Basis . Nearly $50,000.

_ By LOWELL B. NUSSBAUM For the first time in years; Center

|| Township relief is being operated on |a pay-as-you-go hasis and only a || catastrophe is likely to see a

relief bonds issued this year. : With one of the lowest bddgets in several years, the township relief expenditures are running below the budget, instead of over as in the

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Right now, it's a matter of nearly $50,000 and by the end of the year, Trustee Henry Mueller estimates, expenditures will have run $150,000 to

| 1$200,000 under the budget.

Mr. Mueller turned in the. com-

5 paratively low budget request of

When that is done, hef. ratio and. needlework are

Prof. Edna Sohason of LU ;

To Enroll When She Retires

By EARL HOFF Times Staff Writer

BLOOMINC

TON, Ind. May 17.—Prof. Edna Johnson of tdi

University has ner own idea of what to do after: the close of a 40-

year teaching c:irger. She’s going back to school as a

student.

Sudents of composition, English literature or the fundamentals of children’s liteiriture under Miss Johnson in the 22 years she has

been at Indiaia University would understand thit this woman . with over-flowing euiergy couldn’t take the word “retirement” in its full sense next June 2. Miss Johnso!: said the first thing she intends to learn is how to operate: the nev typewriter she has just purchased The teacher Miss Johnson has ¢ lected for the summer school tirm at I. U. once studied freshi an composition under her. Miss Johnsc1 thinks she might take several ¢ her courses, including music con: )osition. She is fond of music, draiiia and art.

Will iVrite Essays Next, she vw ll start on a series of essays on ohn Newbery, patron

'of Oliver Gol¢ismith, who compiled

“from the lips of old . British the first book Mother

Although M ;s Johnson says that “every teacher has one textbook in him,” this wil! be her second hook. She is co-autiior with Miss Carrie

Scott of the Indianapolis . Public:

Library of “2:1 Anthology of Children’s Literat re.” With no touch of gray in her coppery hair, Prof. Johnson is retiring volunta:ily at 65. She doesn’t have the full zest for teaching she once had and hesides, there are important thing she wants to do in the field of « iildren’s literature in which she hs specialized. Miss Johns n’s hlalth is not as good as it wa | It irks her that she must stop fo: a rest right in the middle of a | asy day. To remedy that she inter is to take things easy for a while i the Brown County cabin of her brother, Fred Bates Johnson, Indi: napolis lawyer.

Awa fled Degrees

Born in K komo, she was educated in Ric mond public schools. In 1898 she >t an A. B. in Latin and taught u: til 1903 when she returned to I. U. for an M. A. in Latin in 1904 Until 1914 Miss ' Johnson taught in Indiana B th schools in three to four-year pe: ods. When she got tired of teac ing, she would quit for a time :nd then go to some other school. n 1905-06 she studied in Germany. In 1914 she went to Earlham College to teach for five years. Then she came to . U. One of the memories Prof. Johnson gets a lwuckle out of every time she rec lls it is the graduation gift sh: chose as an I. U. senior. It ws a trip to Nashville, Ind., now half-heur away by paved road. It took M s Johnson all morning to get th re in a buggy hitched to a team of horses and all afternoon to get jack. . When she vas an undergraduate |p there were lay mud streets and flagstone wi lks.- One fall Miss Johnson lost her sorority pin in a

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lay there all winter and when spring turned the street to dust the pin was recoyered. Miss Johnson was direetor of the old Garrick Club, a drama organization, and. an honorary member and advisor of Mortar Board. She also was social advisor for the Association of Women Students. | Prof. Johnson has a collection of early children’s books at her Bloomington apartment. * Another collection at the school library lis named after her. She is contribyting to it. She will maintain her Blooming-

| ton residence.

STATE DENTISTS MEET MONDAY

Renuilerhants. for for Draftees Among Leading Topics “For Parley. |

EE) education on the necessity for dental care will be the theme of the 84th annual convention and post graduate course of the fndiana State Dental Association opening at the Claypool Hotel Monday.

Approximately 1200 dentists will attend the sessions which will continue through Wednesday. One of the important features of the convention will be discussion of dental requirements for selectees inducted into the Army in view of the recent announcement: that dentists have been added to local Draft Boards. Dr. Glen Ward Lee, medical director for the Indiana Selective Service headquarters, will speak Monday afternoon on “Dental Requirements for Selectees and Interpretations ‘of Rejections.” It was recently reported by the State Selective Service headquarters that 15.76 per cent of rejections at induction centers was due to dental defects. Others who “will speak Monday afternoon. are Elmer Wheeler, New York; Dr. William H. Crawford, dean of the Indiana University School of Dentistry, and Dr. Robert L. Peden of the Indiana State Board of Health.

TRIAL SET OCT. FOR KNOX CORONER

VINCENNES, Ind, May 17 (U. P.).—Dr. Paul B. Arbogast, Knox County Coroner, charged in two Grand Jury indictments charging him with filing false claims against the Vincennes township poor fund, will go on trial Oct. 27. Special Judge A. Dale Eby sef the

| {date yesterday after overruling a

defense plea in abatement. The indictments alleged that Dr. Arbogast w#s unauthorized to make charges for extending medical services to the poor, inasmuch as Drs. E. T. Edwards and V. A. Funk were under contract to handle the cases. The defense asserted yesterday

member of the attorney general's office was permitted in the Grand Jury ‘room during investigation of township poor relief expenditures and that names of the grand jurors who indicted Dr. Arbogast were not entered properly in the clerk’s record beok.

INDICATE CARREL DETAINED BY NAZIS

NEW YORK, May 17 (U. P)— Friends of Dr: Alexis Carrel, French scientist and Nobel Prize winner, said today there are indications he is being detained by the Nazis in Occupied France.’

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|called “artificial heart,” sailed for || France last February. to study. the i | |effeets of malnutritioniamong, chil-|" ;|/| arent ‘andar ‘April: entered ‘the 17] Occ

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$1,286,144 last summer fon 1941 and the Tax Adjustment Board pared it 23.9 per cent, to $978,748. The trustee then reduced his monthly allowances 23.8 per cent, and each month this year has kept below thet figure.

Relief’ Load Low

The reason expenditures are down is that. the township’s relief .case load today is at its lowest point since pre-depressiorf days. The decrease, most of which has taken place in the last 16 months, is partly the result of private em- ° ployment. opening up in the defense industries, and even more the result of “cracking down” on relief chisel-~ ers and elimination of questionable cases, Mr. Mueller. said. In comparison with the 8500 cases on the rolls in January last year, @ month after Mr. Mueller took office, the number had dropped to, 5387 for January this year.

Pared Almost Half

On May 8 this year, there were only 2636 cases on the rolls, and 221 of these were inactive cases—cases in which relief ‘has been halted but which are carried in’ the totals until the end of thé month. A year ago in May, the rolls stood at 5141. Much of the credit for the reduction in the relief load goes to frequent calls on relief families by the trustee’s case workers. Where many families continued to receive relief a couple of years ago without seeing an investigator oftener than once a year, every relief family now is visited at least once a month, and sometimes twice. This keeps the trustee. in touch with the relief client’s changing economic status, and has a tendency to prod the clients inte finding ways of getting along without help.

Puts ’Em to Work

Another stimulus to the search for private employment. has been the forcing of able bodied heads of relief families to work four or eight hours a week on the township’sy wood pile before getting their orders. Township’ workers keep in ‘close touch with __local . manufacturing plants and in that manner find jobs for many reliefers. A check of those taken off the rolls ‘in the first four months this year reveals that 1178 went to WPA, while private employment tock 1063. Another 315 merely explained they de their own adjustment.”

for refusing employment, 22 for refusing clothing ! other merchandise provided the for receiving income without ing it'to the trustee, 67 for to work at the wood yard. “Twenty ° died, 59 received unemployment compensation, 11 received Bind as- ’ sistance, 72 received old 4ge pensions, T1 received: aid to dependent children, 15 were sent to the County Infirmary, and 143 were cut off because the investigator was unable to contact them.

SOVIET SUBMARINE TEST IS SUCCESSFUL

MOSCOW, May 17 (U. P.).—The Government newspaper Izvestia today reported the successful trial cruise of a new submarine somewhere in the Baltic Sea and the opening to navigation of the enlarged Dnieper-Bug: Canal, linking Odessa and Danzig. No details of the trial cruise of the new submarine were given. The newspaper said that civilian tactical exercises against parachute landings had, been intensified during the past few days in the Moscow district and in. the Ukraine.

TEST YOU R KNOWLEDGE

1—Which two of the following classes of naval vessels, cruisers; destroyers, battleships and minesweepers, carry airplanes? 2—What state is represented in the U. S. Senate by Senators Carter Glass and’ Harry F. Byrd? 3—Is The Louvre in Paris, France, a group of buildings, a monument, or a park? 4—The Danube River flows into the Mediterranesn, the Black Sea or the Aegean Sea?

5—Is Bordeaux indie German. ou- $ cupied or the upied area of France? 6—Which horse won the 1940 Preakness? T—Which Greek hero was lashed to ‘a mast on account of the Sirens?

Answers

|1—Cruisers and battleships.:

2—V, ia. re of buildings. 4—Black -Sea. 5—Occupied. 6—Bimelech. T—Ulysses. : ss 8 8

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