Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 July 1941 — Page 10
At the State House—
STRIKE LOSS IS LOW IN INDIANA
GL Hutson Reports wnorts Man: Hours fn - Toll Ranks With Best Industrial States.
By EARL RICHERT
Despite Indiana’s industrial ex- ‘ pansion under the impetus of the . pational defense program, Indiana ranks among the lowest. of all industrial States in man hours lost fhrough strikes during the last 13 ‘months, State Labor Commissioner Thomas R. Hutson reported today. . During 1940, Mr. Hutson said, Indiana had only 67 strikes as com- _ pared with 10 other industrial ‘States, ranging from 70 in Missouri to 553 in New York. During that ‘period, Indiana lost only 4.2 per "cent of its man hours in strikes as compared with 18.8 per cent lost in ‘New York. Records of the Labor Division ‘show 73 strikes called between July ‘1, 1940, and June 30, 1941, and that there were 151 impending strikes during this period. There were 63,498 workers in‘volved in the labor disputes, during ‘the period, but less than a third of them actually lost time on strikes, Mr. Hutson said. .* In most of the 73 strikes occur‘#ing during the last fiscal year, a ‘settlement was arranged in most .0f them in less than a week, the labor commissioner reported. ‘« He praised the co-operation given his conciliators by labor and man‘agement and by the public gen‘erally.
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Beamer Answers James
i! Over a week ago, State Auditor Richard T. James asked for an attorney general’s opinion clarifying the status of nine important State departments. ,\ Mr. James wanted to know if he ‘oould guthorize the expenditure of ‘money for State departments which ‘had not yet been set up under new 13941 laws, although the new ldws , Were in effect, { Yesterday, Mr. Beamer answered An a formal opinion that most of ‘Mr. James’ questions were now moot ‘since Governor Schricker has repommissioned most of the boards Anvolved under the new laws. The departments concerned are ‘the Indiana Tax Board, the Highway Commission, the Commission for Financial Institutions, the State Purchasing Agent, Conservation (Commission, Public Service Com‘mission, State Board of Certified ‘Accounts, State Police Board andy Milk Control Board. ‘ All were the subject of so-called “little rippers” passed by the Republican Legislature in support of the decentralization program which Subsequently was ruled invalid by the State Supreme Court.
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Questions concerning the status of the State Board of Education|f
pad Boards of Trustees of InstituJlons will be cleared up soon by hew appointments by the Governor, the Attorney General said.
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; Cleaners Plan Pienio—The annual ‘picnic and outing of the Insured
Synthetic Cleaners Association will .
be held Sunday at Northern Woods
Beach. The Association has invited | §'
all the employees and families of the 125 members. Refreshments will be served and a program of games for children and adults has
io ijoeen arranged.
Fish Fry at St. Anthony’ s—The Holy Name Society of St. Anthony’s + Catholic Church will sponsor a fish fry and festival at the church, 349 N. Warman Ave. tonight and to{morrow. Dinner will be served at 5pm A special children’s party - {will be held tomorrow afternoon.
.. Townsend 48 Meets — Townsend “Club 48 will meet at 8 o’clock this ‘evening at the D. A. R. Chapter i House, 842 N. Pennsylvania St.
PLAN $225,000 CHURCH
‘ The City Zoning Commission will seonduct a public hearing Monday on a petition for the construction of a $225,000 church at 61st and Meridi‘an Sts. by St. Paul's Episcopal Church. The congregation’s present building, erected in 1867, stands at New York and Illinois Sts. and its . Tector is the Rev. William Burrows.
Barbara Dillon has a yen for men in uniform, and is dating draftees these days. She’s a member of Atlanta’s “I Want to Be Drafted” club, a girls’ group providing dates exclusively for service men,
50 COUNTY MEN AT FORT TODAY
1392 Hoosiers Entered Army in 12th Call, Ending Today.
Marion County sent 50 men to Ft. Harrison: for induction into the Army today as the State ended its 12th Selective Service call for 1392 Hoosier youths. Marion County men scheduled to report were:
Board 4 nley Everett Hutton, 608 Middle uff Place; Roger Allen Bat hard Devon io. “Wiiliston c.
331 . 303; Han Poehimann, 3 Gracelan Ave.’ Earl Daniel Jackson, 3721 N. Tinols St.: Ralph Edward Drury, 3345 Kenwood Ave., and Otto Loeb, 3704 Salem St.
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Roy Ross Spangler, 3458 Orchard Ave.; Lous Philip H n, N. Bancroft. Paul N. Dequincy: Joseph
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ward Murphy. 5320 ld) Aver: Edward Callahan, 814 Kevin Cornelius Walsh, 559 Charles Edward William Sherman Dr.: Thomas Albert Gi rist Jr.. 751 N. Audubon Rd.; Maurice Wald 32 chwood _Ave.: George Schneider, 269 S. Sherman Dr.: ley Bender, 38 N. Dr Granville Nimmo, Temple Ave.: Ernest A. Buenting, 828 N Bancroft; Harlan Alfred Crouch, 401 S. Arlington: an Yood + Lawrence Yea ager, Wester: West Lafayette, Ind.; William Wesley MLL 6311 Pleasant Run Parkway. and John ward Rabold Jr., 132 8S. Gladstone Ave. Board 7
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.; Wallace Quincy lika yv.: Dale Austin Rol2140 N. Penngylvaiiia St.. and Charles Vinnidge Bailey, 1815 N, Delaware St.
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John Larson, Box 86, Hugh George Hoes. 1425 Lind verett ul Musselman, Kenneth Eugene Wolf, 927 Clifford Charles Curran, 1217 Fletcher Ave.: Edward Joseph Dietz, 1847 Singleton 8t.; Arthur Harry Logan, Prospect St., No. 4: Felix Masarachia, 1001 Villa Ave.; George Adam Cranmore, 1214 Olive 8t.. and arion Jordan Dillman, 1715 Olive St.
Elmer Sirings, Tex.:
Prospect St. ; English Ave.;
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watchers, is in Mississippi.
FIGURE NORMAL
‘Heat Wave’ Reflected in Lower Attedance, but Gains Made Later.
Although playground attendance figures for the first month of the summer play program are slightly lower than a year ago, the City Recreation Department today forecast a banner season.
was 233,897, compared to 244,577 last year, but this loss of 10,680 was
at the swimming pools during the same period. In addition, the Rhodius pool was closed four days. - Attendance at the swimming pools for the first month of the summer totaled 104,976 compared to 83,862 in 1940. The greatest “slump” in- the playground activities was noticed during the late June “heat wave,” but a steady increase in attendance since the week-end of July 4 has brought the figures back to normal without affecting the record-break-ing throngs at the swimming pools, recreation officials said. ” » 8 “Croquet Week” at the Indianapolis public. playgrounds has been set for the week beginning July 28, but you must bring your own croquet mallets and balls. Playground officials said that budget limitations prevented the purchase of croquet equipment this summer, but arrangements have been made to borrow sets at some centers. Recreation officials hope to obtain sufficient broken and dis-
gram as planned. If you have a part of an old set stored in the attic, call the recreation department at the City Hall and it will be given to craftwork classes for repairs and painting.
Termite 'Radio’ Does Job Early
CHICAGO, July .18 (U. P.).— Radio provided a new weapon today to drive the termite from his wooden habitat. Charles Geirup, a professional exterminator, and Jay Atkipson, an engineer, announced that they had perfected a radio detector which will magnify the munching sound of termites so it may be heard through earphones 30 Y feet away. The device, invented by the Walter Burgesses, father and son, of Benton Harbor, Mich., had been in the experimental stage for two and a half years. Only vibrations peculiar to the termites are picked up by the small radio box, according to Mr. Atkinson, “They make a crackling sound, like rice falling on paper,” Mr. Geirup said. “Now exterminators won't have to wait until a lot of damage has been done.”
‘RED ARMY RESTORES COMMISSAR SYSTEM
MOSCOW, July 18 (U. P.).—The official news agency Tass reported today that the Office of Political Commissar had been reintroduced into the Red Army. The move was made, Tass said, because “war has imposed upon us fundamentally changed conditions of work in the Red Army.” The official decree said that: “War has increased the volume
oe | of political work in our army and].
has demanded that our political workers do not confine their activities to propaganda but also assume responsibility for military operations
Hoosier Goings On
TWICE AROUND PARK
Draftees
By JOE COLLIER
Apparently, when you mechanize an army, the component parts of it stay mechanized, even on furlough. Thirteen young men from the Logansport area returned from Camp Shelby on leave this week, all in
One young man from Seymour, turn Monday to Camp Shelby, by plane.
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RILEY JAMES, Shelbyville businessman who has a garden on the side, reports that vegetables are very sneaky, indeed. - While his back was turned, he said, a hog weed grew right through a potato. He didn’t know about it until he pulled the potato vine, and there it was. This silent battle took place in an otherwise orderly patch—just a couple of stubborn members of the vegetable kingdom on the loose.
2 ” ” THE HQUSING situation is getting so bad that a certain Pt. Wayne "colony: of bees, unable to find a suitable location, set up housekeeping on a tree limb, utterly unprotected from the elements. The colony built a honey comb around the limb and began filling the combs with honey. Bees not desperate do not often do this sort of thing. Pretty soon, however, the human neighbors began to get a little restless and they took steps. Eventually a bee man came and got the colony and left, premising to find a nice Apartment for them. y 8, 8 8
IT 1s ESTIMATED that at Goshen , there are at least 4 billion thrips. A thrip is a very disagreeable member of the ‘insect world, which would: rather have oats but which will take a man if necessary. Since the oats matured rapidly and dried off in a hurry, the thrips managed to get only a substandard diet in the fields. So -they invaded Gosken and settled on its citizens, biting some of the most prominent of them quite severely. Most Goshen people are outraged: at this invasion, but there is nothing ‘much to do about it. A thilp = retiy snp 30410 one can predic sta ‘and diet on the poptilace. y
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"41 PLAYGROUND |
Playground attendance for June
more than offset by a gain of 20,934
carded sets to carry out the pro-
West Point, take it from one who ought to know, is plenty air-minded. In a recent editorial The Indianapolis Times mentioned that no West Point cadet, if under 21, can be sent up in an airplane without the written consent of parent or guardian. The editorial expressed a suspicion that this requirement “represents a state of mind in the Army.” “The simple fact is,” says a letter from Brig. Gen. R. L. Eichelberger, superintendent’ of the Military Academy, “that all cadets, regardless of age, do fly.” He confirms the requirement of parent’s consent, explaining that the practice ‘probably stems from a period of many years ago when
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flying was much more hazardous.” But he adds: _ “These restrictions have caused us no concern and have provided no handicap except to add a bit to administrative procedure.” Gen. Eichelberger suggests that air-mindedness among the cadets is reflected in the number who indicate a desire to be commissioned in the Air Corps. In 1939, he says, 257 cadets (56 per cent of the class) wanted to enter the Air Corps, and 148 got their wish. In 1040, 263 cadets (58 per cent of the class) wanted Air Corps assignments, and 144 were selected. Of the 1941 class, 235 (55 per cent) sought Air Corps commissions, and 164 were selected. “No other branch of the service can begin ‘0 compare in popularity
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with the Air Corps,” Gen. Eichelberger writes. Cadets are not taught to fly at West Point, he continues, “since this is a function ‘of the special service schools,” but all of them are given certain aviation instruction, including aerodynamics and the theory of flight. “In addition to this instruction, there are other items which are closely related and of valuable assistance to the young graduate joining the Air Corps. I refer particularly .to the instruction in the reading of aerial = photographs, aerial mosaics, instruction in aerial mapping, ballistics, bombs, machine guns, radio, telephone, television, ete. “Another part is that which has
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Half of Air-Minded West Point's Cadets Want to Serve as Fliers
Improvements are being made in the facilities of the post and the runways are being extended paved. A request has been made upon the War Department to provide this field with additional aircraft to provide adequate opportunity for frequent, voluntary flight by cadets. Fourteen officers of the Air Corps are on duty at West Point. “Cadets of “the graduating class are already permitted to go by truck to Stewart Field for voluntary air experience.
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GREAT FALLS, Mont. (U, P.).— Mrs, Mary Tronson, 79, took her first airplane ridé in a plane In which her granddaughter, Ruth Roll, was cin inn
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