Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 7 October 1941 — Page 12

AVERAGE MAN

“Per Capita Figures Show Family of Eight Owes $3160 on Debt.

© WASHINGTON, Oct. 7 (U. F . Mn Average Man—the ' harassed _ ‘father of two and. one-half chil“dren and gwner of two-thirds of a ‘house—faces difficulties today if he ‘attempts to pay his average share “of the Government's growing obli“gations, - An informal survey of per capita “finances disclosed only a couple of “pright spots on the monetary hori‘zon for the average citizen of the “United States. One is the record $72 the average person is theoretically supposed to have on hand in cash because it is ‘the per capita amount of money in ‘circulation. - Then there is the $175 ‘per capita share of the Govern‘ment’s $22,761,000,000 gold hoard. .* The rest of Mr. Average’s balance ‘sheet on the Treasury ledgers is a -different story. = Debt Is $395 Per Person

+ For example, defense expenditures ‘during the present fiscal year enddng next June 30 will amount to ‘about $18,000,000,000. *° This means ‘about $135 for every man, woman . -»and child inthe country. +‘ The public debt now is more than *$51,000,000,000—more than $395 for ‘each person. This would mean a ‘great deal {to a man with a e and six children, because his family share in e public debt would amount to something like $3 ‘Not that Mr. Average will have to ' ‘pay this off, but it’s there on the ‘books

:- The Government this fiscal year . 4s expected to spend a total o ‘about $24,500,000,000, according to ‘revised estimates of the Bureau of the Budget. The per capita load ‘here is $188.

18 Per Cent for Defense

~~. The average person actually will pay to the Government, directly or 4ndirectly—the per capita share of the $12,000,000,000 which will be paid to the Government by June 30. +. Costs of Government this fiscal year will amount to about onefourth of the national income, which is expected to reach the alltime high of $100,000,000,000 this year. About 18 fer cent of the national income will be spent for defense. The gver-all defense program, in- . cluding’ appropriations and authorizations passed or pending before * Congress, amounts to $60,000,000,000 «more than $460 for each person.

BIKE RIDER HURT

Thrown from the bicycle he was riding when the fork broke, Paul Brown, 17, of 1215 E. Ninth St., was seriously injured last night. The youth was riding across the Monon “'Railroad tracks near his home when the accident occurred. His head

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there.

Marines Live in Iron

The U. S. Marines in Iceland are quartered in corrugated iron shelters, called Nisson. Huts. huts, one of which is shown beside the tents, resemble a large gasoline storage tank lying longitudinally on the ground. While not the last word in luxury, the huts offer comfortable living quarters and are ideally adapted to Iceland’s climate. The huts were turned over

to the Marines by the British troops stationed

HOOVER TO GIVE TALK HERE SOON

Mass Meeting of Churches Planned; Harry New ‘Ministerial Head.

Former President Herbert Hoover will speak at a mass meeting of In-

dianapolis church congregations soon, the Indianapolis Ministerial Association announced today. The date will be fixed later. The Rev. Sidney Blair Harry, pastor of the Meridian Heights Pres-

.|byterian Church, was elected presi-

dent of the Association at its meeting yesterday. The Rev. Mr. Harry, former vice president of the Association, succeeds Dr. Ezra L. Hutchens, who has been appointed district superintendent of the Evansville Methodist Conference. The Rev. Almon J. Coble, pastor of the Brightwood X Methodist Church, succeeds the Rev. Mr. Harry as vice president.

RESUME HUNTINGTON EX-TREASURER TRIAL

HUNTINGTON, Ind. Oct. 7 (U. P.).—A field examiner for the State Board ‘of Accounts, Frank Simons, resumed his testimony today in the trial of Mrs. Pauline Fairchild, former Huntington County Treasurer, on indictments charging her with embezzlement of $23,280.92 from the County. Mr. Simons testified yesterday that checks which he said were found in a box in Mrs. Fairchild’s home were made out by her to pay for work done on her- house, pre-

sented by the payee at the Treas-

urer’s office, and paid out of the office funds, without being cleared through a bank. Defense Attorney Lawrence Carlson denied Mrs. Fairchild got any

struck one of the rails,

of the money in question.

Patty, 5, to Fly With Mother | To Daddy Stationed in Texas

Patty Connell is excited. - Before long she and her mother, Mrs. Lloyd L. Connell, 1238 Vandeman St., are going to board a giant airliner, which will take them thundering down to Texas to meet her father.

Patty, who is 5, has missed her father since

he was called to gr

active duty as a lieutenant in the Army last July. He is engineering property officer and assistant en - gineering officer of the 76th Materiel Squadron, stationed at Lieut, Connell Wichita Falls, Tex. Lieut. Connell formerly was service manager for the SchwitzerCummins Co., Stokol Heating Division, here. Both he and Mrs. Connell are graduates of Purdue Uni-

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Fort Has New Chapels

FOR THE FIRST time since the founding of Ft. Harrison 35 years ago, soldiers at the fort are going to have special places in which to attend Sunday, worship. Two new chapels will be dedicated Sunday, with religious leaders of several faiths taking part in the services. One building is on the post proper and the other is in the reception area. Scene of initiatory ceremonies will be the post chapel. Captain Eldon A. Huchison, reception center chaplain, has charge of the program. The construction quartermaster, Capt. Rollin K. Snethin, will present the chapel to Col. Walter S. Drysdale, post commandant. The invocation will be de-

livered by Lieut, Burton J. Frazier, Catholic chaplain. Rabbi Maurice Goldblatt of the Indianapolis Hebrew Congregation, will deliver the principal address, and Chaplain Huchison will pronounce the benediction. Music will be provided by the Federal Council of Churches. Corporal Bev Lantz, Richmond, will play on organ pro-

am, A visitor to the, ceremony will be Lieut. Col. Milton O. Beebe, chaplain of the Fifth Corps Area. Each of the chapels will .accomodate 300 persons in the main floor, and in the loft of each there is a Hammond organ, and seating arrangements for 57 persons. A group of 95 men, five of them from Indianapolis,, began training at the Great Lakes Training Station today. . 2 The local recruits are Wallace Maurice Warner, 310 N. Alabama St.; James E. Lewallen, 1320 N. Ewing St.; Joseph L. Hogan, 1206 St. Peter St.; Raymond Herschel Suttles, 310 Lincoln St., and Thomas G. Blanck, R. R. 7, Box 532, Indianapolis.

LEE IS NAMED HEAD OF HOSPITAL BOARD

Wallace O. Lee, appointed to the Board of the Indiana Central Hospital by Governor Jackson and a

day was elected its president.

BARUCH LADS NEW PRICE BILL

Gore Measure Provides Machinery to Control Inflation, He Says.

the World War Industries Board,

wages, rents, prices and defense profits “provides the machinery necessary for an effective anti-infla-tion program.” Mr. Baruch told reporters that the proposal “apparently reflects some of the ideas I have, propounded.” The measure was introduced yesterday by Rep. Albert Gore (D. Tenn.) as a substitute for the Administration ‘Price Control Bill which he regards as “weak-kneed, piecemeal legislation.” Rep. Gore’s proposal would freeze prices, wages and rents as of a base period Oct. 6-12. Profits in defense industries over 8 per cent of the cost of fulfilling the contract would revert to the Federal Treasury. Mr. Baruch said that he lacked sufficient time to study the profit limitation provision, but that “I favor proposals to take profits out of war and that strike at profits of larger defense industries.”

BAR STATE ACTION AGAINST SHERIFF

Any action taken against Clark County Sheriff Claude C. Conner in connection with the serious beating of James M. Lancaster, Jeffersonville contractor, probably will have to be taken in Clark County, State officials indicated today. Ray E. Smith, secretary to Governor Schricker, said the Governor had been asked to investigate the beating, but added that there is little the Governor can do to interfere with the conduct of elected county officials. Attorney General George N. Beamer, who was asked by friends of Mr. Lancaster about the possibility of starting impeachment proceedings against the Sheriff, said his office would follow its usual policy of not interfering unless requested to do so by local authorities. The matter can be handled by De County Grand Jury, Mr. Beamer said. The beating occurred, according to Mr. Lancaster's attorney, last

Thursday when Mr. Lancaster went

loyees, driving his car, had dama car owned by the Sheriff's

member continuously since, = jail to report that one of his

He succeeds William Storen, who

recently was appointed to the Alcoholic Beverage Commission by Governor Schricker. Mrs. Esther Stalker, Westfield, was elected vice president; Jap Jones, Ft. Wayne, was elected secretary; and William Suckow, Franklin, treasurer. The board visited Simon Neidigh, for 50 years chief clerk of the hospital, who is recovering from an

illness.

daughter. Mr. Lancaster 1s in a hospital recovering from serious head injuries.

FEWER KANSAS SCHOOLS OPEN

TOPEKA, Kan. (U. P.).—State school officials estimated today that approximately 1500 of —Kansas’ 7258 common school districts would not maintain schools this year, sending their students to adjoining districts.

WASHINGTON, O¢t. 7 (U, P)—|: Bernard M. Baruch, chairman of|:

said today that the bill introduced]: yesterday to set blanket ceilings on|:

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Meier, Who Plays Christus, Has Had Passion Play Role From Infancy.

Josef Meier, who bagan his career of acting in the ‘Passion Play”

tray Christ in the play which opens Mr. Meier was brought up and educated for this role ‘by his parents who acted in the Passion Play them-

father in 1928. When the company of players

came to America in 1932, they were|

so impressed that they adopted this land as their home. After months of search they finally found a natural bowl in the Black Hills admirably suited for the play. After playing in every country in Europe the Passion Players have

every state in America. The show here, which will be presented through Oct. 16, is sponsored by the Lions Club.

Athenia Survivor

William H. Edwards, survivor of the Athenia and Zam Zam sinkings, will speak Thursday night at the mid-week convocation of the Central Christian Church. Mr, Edwards, who has been a missionary in Belgian Congo for 32 years as a member of the United Christian Missionary Society, will speak on “I Was On the Zam Zam.” He was with Mrs, Edwards and their son on the Athenia when the vessel went down. ‘

WOMAN DIES IN CRASH

LAFAYETTE, Ind., Oct. 7 (U. P.). —Mrs. Joseph P. Haller, 80, West Lafayette, was injured fatally and her husband and daughter injured seriously when the automobile in which they were riding skidded on rainswept Indiana 28 near here and overturned in a cornfield. .

Clothiers Name E. A Among State's Best Dressed

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To Talk Thursday

The three-day convention of the Indiana Retail Clothiers and Furnishers’ Association ended yester-

|day with the selection of the 10

best dressed Hoosiers and the elec-

- | tion of officers.

Among the beau brummels of Hoosierdom was E, A. Crane, 3646 Washington Ave, insurance’ executive. The men were selected from 15 candidates, whose names were submitted by leading clothiers attending the convention. Others selected were Howard Buis of Greencastle, a bank employee; Robert Smith of Muncie; Jack Morgan of Austin, a canning company official; Robert Koeber Sr. Ft. Wayne jeweler; Julius Tucker, South Bend freight line executive; George Mouser, South Bend, assistant hotel manager; Col. William J& Platka, Ft. Wayne; Paul Kerr, Elkhart man-

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ufacturer, and Albert A. Hodgini of Terre Haute, assistant hotel mane

ager, Thomas O'Shea of Toledo, O., was elected president of the Men's Ap~ parel Club, succeeding Sol Megeff of Indianapolis. New vice presidents are Thomas Thigpen of Indianapolis, Lee Jokl of Buffalo, N, Y., and Floyd White of Indianapolis. John Lanni of Knightstown was named secretary-treasurer. ]

‘DEFENSE GROUP TO MEET

Dr. Robert E. Barton Allen, die rector of radio programs at Indiana University and Marshall E, Hanley, graduate student at the university, will speak for the Indiana Come mittee for National Defense at. a meeting at the Olive Branch Christian Church tomorrow at 7 p. m,

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