Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 17 February 1943 — Page 3

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‘those set by OPA.

allotments for labor on the project.

Joseph Preston Young, clerk at the courthouse, has a man’s-sized Job this week. He’s searching through tons of documents on the fourth floor of the courthouse to find out whether any records show the architect ‘on the Julietta infirmary addition received 6 per cent commissions on an $85,000 item that WPA says never existed.

Blue Assigns 9 fo Full-Time Duty on Contracts Probe

Five deputy prosecutors and four special investigators were assigned |

today by Prosecutor Sherwood Blue

of the grand jury probe of county contracts and payrolls. Several weeks of work on assembling a maze of evidence on contracts let by the county over a period of two years was outlined at a conference of the prosecutor’s staff last night.

The investigation spread from contracts to payrolls this week when records of salaries paid in the county clerk’s office during 1942 were subpenaed for grand jury scrutiny.

Seyffert Gives Statement

The records will be checked to determine what services were performed by whom at what rate of pay. In connection with the probe of sontracts for supplies at Sunnygide sanatorium, the prosecutor’s office yesterday ‘obtained a statement from Louis J. Seyffert, owner

st., regarding prices and the grades of meat sold to the institution. The statement is said to have acknowledged that the firm's meats were sold to the institution at prices in excess cof ceilings fixed by OPA. “* In federal court recently the firm was enjoined. from selling ‘meat to Sunnyside at prices higher than

WPA Records Sought

In the investigation of contracts for the construction of additions to |X Julietta infirmary during the last five years, Prosecutor Blue has subpenaed all records of WPA

Nearly $500,000 has been spent on the improvements originally estimated at $263,000.

~ Search of county records was being continued today, for trace of

elaims for fees supposedly paid on [dam

2 WPA grant of $85,000 on the Julietta project. The $85,000 item was listed among the project expenditures by Everett Brown, architect, but WPA officials say their records do not show that allotment for Julietta.

IN REFERENCES TO HORSES By UNITED PRESS A Stockholm report broadcast by ‘Radio London said Gestapo Chief Heinrich Himmler has forbidden

Mutilated, Deputy ‘Auditor Says.

{are s0 openly accessible to the pub-

[lic that they could be removed or|

mutilated without detection, Fabian W. Biemer, ‘chief deputy auditor disclosed today. ¥ He made the statement in connection with his futile search for records of fees and expenditures subpenaed by the grand jury in its

8 | investigation of the Julietta infirm-

to full-time duty on various phases

Communiques

NAVY COMMUNIQUE 284

(Issued Wednesday, Feb. 17) SOUTH PACIFIC (All dates East longitude): 1. On Feb. 15: (a) During the eevning, three U. 8. planes were dispatched to attack Japanese positions in the Shortland island area. One of the planes dropped bombs on enemy positions on Ballale island. ‘One U. 8. plane failed to return. (b) During the evening, a Liberator heavy bomber (Consolidated), with escort, attacked the Japanese airfield at Kahili on the southeast coast of Bougainville

island. One of the escorting planes failed to return.

NAVY COMMUNIQUE 283

(Issued Feb. 16, 1943) SOUTH PACIFIC. (all dates east longi-

i i on 7 Dauntless dive | bombers Dou OE wi Wildca rumman $ ay attacked a: Japanese surface force av Rendova island in the New Georgia group, Bomb hits were scored on two enemy destroyers and two and possibly three of the Zeros which were protecting the Gesirayens were shot down. 2. On Feb. 15:

tay During the morning a force of Maauder medium bombers (Martin B-26) with Aircobra ™ Bell P-39) and Warhawk (Curtiss P-40) escort, bombed Japanese positions and started fires on Kolombangara island in the New Georgia group. (b) Later in te morning Dauntless dive bombers and i torpedo = planes (Grumman TBF), W Wildcat escort, atpositions at ade on New Georgia island. (c) During = the aftéernoon Dauntless dive bombers and Avengers, with Wildcat and Corsair Vought F4U) escort, carried out a second attack on Mun (d) No U. 8. planes were ji during the above attack missions, although some mage was suffered as a result of snamy anti-aircraft fire.

MacARTHUR COMMUNIQUE NORTHEABTERN SECTOR: NEW GUINEA: Lae—Our medium bombers attacked the airdrome and base areas from low altitudes with excellent results. There was no attempt at interception. Salamaua—Our medium bombers, in an extremely low level attack, bombed and heavily strafed the peninsuia and harbor, destroying a number of small surface ere was 2e interception. ubo—Our ground JFiiras engaged in minor clashes, Killing 17 of the enemy. NORTHWESTERN SECTOR: TIMOR: Dilli—Despite thick clouds and poor visibility, our medium bombers, in two waves, attacked the enemy-occupied

town, causing fires and explosions. En-

German policemen to name their Borses “Adolf.” »

emy fighters attempting interception were

ary project. The deputy: auditor has been searching two days for records on a fee claim y paid on a disputed $85,000 WPA allotment for labor in the Julietta project. The condition of county records has been condemned for many years as haphazardly Supervised and stored. Condemned by Jury

demned condition of the records and recommended revamping of the entire county system with closer supervision to safeguard them from

E | theft or mutilation. : The jury made the report after.

investigation of a mutilated criminal court record involving a former deputy sheriff who was a candidate for sheriff in the last primary election. Mr. Biemer pointed out, after failing to find some rgeords, that anyone could ask” for and receive a key to any of the four record rooms and examine any record they wished without supervision.

Strewn Over 4 Rooms

The county records are strewn over four rooms stretching the entire length of the fourth floor of the courthouse. The custodian of the records is Mrs. Bertha Hibner, who maintains an office in a fifth room far removed from any of the record storage rooms. The county commission on public records created by the 1939 legislature has been struggling with the

_| problem for four years but nothing

has been done about it. The commission recommended = appropriations for construction of a record vault as an annex to the courthouse, but the county council denied the request pending further investigation of the county building situation.

THOMPSON SWORN AS SMITH’S SUCCESSOR

Frank G. Thompson, former state auditor, was sworn in today as executive secretary of the Indiana state salvage committee, succeeding Dudley A, Smith.

the Bluffton News-Banner, of which he is co-owner. Mr. Smith left to-accept a position in Washington with the department of agriculture,

OFFICIAL WEATHER

U. S. Weather Bureau...

All Data in Central War Time Sunrise...... 7:35 | Sunset....... 6:28 RRS ~Feb. 17, 1942

Precipitation 24 hrs. in 7: 5 8. : Total precipitation iw ng 7 1 a, 2 Deficiency since Jan.

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driven off and all our planes returned.

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IN INDIANAPOLIS

bs HERE IS THE TRAFFIC RECORD

TUESDAY TRAFFIC COURT

Cases Convic- Fines tiolls Pad

"apa ages de Drunken driving as

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- Totals

: Ho DATES SUG. 1s

. pounds through March 185. “Chbftee—Coupon 25 good through March 21. Gasoline—A book—Coupon 4 good for four gallons i Usted =.

through Feb. Feb. 20. > dBupan " ad for 11

Gigug! through April 1 Tire—Tires for h.lders A s books . 5 Tires

inspected for og PS of B, hor T books must - be inspected by Feb. 28. n ood for one pair Shoes—coupon 17 8! ' Oanned Ee 0 ning beg Jogins March 1. he Ban Ta Ration Back Book pars Ta a

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Sales will stop at

EVENTS TODAY

tans arm Bureau, conference of social ‘and oducational epartment, Claypool hotel, all day.

“Sndians rural electrification, meeting and | V

Lamon pastors association, | train

Be ’ {raining school, First Lutheran church, 7:30 p. m.

Society of Automotive Exsineers, dinner eeting, Hotel Antlers, 6: m. Indianapolis Conférence of Bank Auditors, dinner, Hotel. Washington, € p. Retired Railnay ¢ smployees, mene "Hotel Severin, 2 p.

MARRIAGE LICENSES

These lists are from aifieial records in the county court house. The Times, therefore, is .not Yeroragible for errors in names and addresses.

Gren Washington, 22, of 2456 Bonds; Mary C. Harper, 21,’ of 930% Roache. Joseph Leo Bobbitt, 22, Great Lakes, Ill.; Bettie Mae Egan, 18, Terre Haute, Ind. James Willan Boone, 19, of 2305 Ralston; Drusella Ma e Duke, 18, of 416 B. Ver-

Phoiivr Brink, 28, of 1530 Park; Betty Ford, 18, of Su N. LaSalle. Wallace Garnett Campbell, 2, of 2811 In- . Xoulse: M. .. Jones, 24, p! Ralph Harvey Cassady, 43, U, 8. army; . Mae Elizabeth Bartett, 32, Louisville,

Ky. Perry Weston Crooker, 21, U. S. navy, - Great Lakes, Ill.;:Jenne Laverne Young, Ralph Frasier He Atterd Dudell Ralp! er, amp ury; e! Lewis, 23, of 1405 C Clarence Claude Monge: , of 1230 Park- | | UF Rose Pearl Achenbach, 55, 657 | Dudl Division. Arthur Benjamin Petty, 36, of 1218 8. West; Maggie M. Smith, 36, R. R. 1, Martinsville, Ind. i Max 8. Reed, = U. 8. army; Mildred rn Salmon, 23 :

, ‘Mitchell, Ind. ] Edward Nelson Sinmans, City; Ruth Claudene Kimes, City. James L. Self, %, % 32412 Trowbridge Neoma 1 Doris Carver, 18, of 1470 N. Pennsylvania John Wilbert Underwood, 23, 23, Camp Lee, Va.; Mary Lucille Stovall, 24, of 701 8.

Bosart Ben A. Wallerctein, 33, No: one Va.; Diane Kiser Cohn, 21, of 5474 pitol. Whitak

Bares. at Bi. Franshh. : Boraman, at St. Francis.

pases Meter, at St. Vincent's.

a: Charles, Betty Cotter, at Coleman. Audrey, Margaret Tinsley,

Harold, al . Charles; Ruth Compton, at Methodist. Ralph r , at Methodist. Exriad; Ella Watson, at 1316 Roach. “Margaret Richardson, at 527 N. , Margaret Renfro, ‘ab 4107 Ww.

Ray, Frances Arthur, 802 More

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Ray. D Dorothy Ruehetor, 612% W. New Gus

Dr. ohm, Genevieve Parker, at St. Vin-

Wasi Lorine Bullock, at Coleman. Raymond, Norma Johnson, at Coleman. James, Virginia Alexiou, at Coleman. Gerould, Mary Gadsden, at Methodist. Robert, "Mildred Baker, at Methodist. Gordon, Irene Cooper, at Methodist. Venard, Bertha Barr, at 245 S.. Randolph. Herbert, Dorothy Weiss, at 225 Blake. Fred, Mildred Freeman, at 3349 N. Euclid. Georie, Gladys Wilson, at 1122 8. Persh-

Travis, Lucy McFarland, at 230. Robert, Helen Cook, at 30 8. Addiso: Sanson, Everett, Margaret Clouse, at 739 Harrison. Glyn, Hazel Lockhart, at 969 W. 31st. Robert, Lillian Shull, at 1310 Congress, Jim; Marie Magden, at 422 Bright. Irvin, Delorus Pollom, at is Lambert. David, Eunice Meshiser, at 1622 Cornell Thomas, Carnie Summers, at 913 W. 13th.

Alberta. DEATHS bert S. Johnson, 54, at 4317 College,

Heanes J. Drummond, 75, at 550 W. 46th,

Hlizaheth R. carcinoma. Shout,

ails E.2. Krueger, 79, at 1120 N. La Salle, Harry M. DeWitt, 75, at 1111 English,

Bop: 81, at 1264 N. Belmont, apy Crooke, a, at 1844 Dexter, inAlice C. Jolson, 89, ab 147 EB. 17th, asorge: O. Cole, 77, at Si. Vincent's, carci John M McNary, 49, at ieNary, 539 Minerva, pulmoKatie rion 61, at Ci City, carcinoma. Virginia Ph s Madisor, , 53, at 803. Paca, H, Wi , Gooige H. Wilson, , ab Tong, coronary William H. Peil, 63, at Long, ‘cerebral Emmett G. 57, 2 A ~ BE chron glo 147 ¥. TU at Riley, chronic 51, at Veterans, at St. Vincent's, carciLilian Bttie Winnefeld, 63, at City, tuberSamuel J. Alexander, 65, at 716 Indiana, James T. Bullens, 45, at Veterans, arterio-

sclerosis. Menzies Fillingim, 6, at 1820 Broadway,

cere! Mary C

, at 1308 Yi iypostatie, prsun pn sides, Alice ite Clemen ts Reel, 55, ‘at 3419 Winthrop, Mefflin E Dunter > at City, leukemias.

3328 E. Waab-

g RECORD SYSTEM

Papers Easily Removed or g

Marion county's official records|

. A 1942 grand jury caustically con-|"

‘Mr. Thompson if on leave from |

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additional $2500 a year, the two

sufficient work to merit the in--crease and that they couldn raise the salary of just two the judges. : 2 Proponents of the bill claim that in comparison with the work done by the five superior court judges who draw $10,000 a year the municipal judges should be paid $15,000. What has happened to this bill is typical of what is happening to

party leaders who don’t want this session to go down in history as

Several ‘committee members | measures,

civil court judges did not have ’|

Want More Money

BUT _A LARGE number of | house legislators evidently. don’t feel this way when it comes to themselves. “This was shown by the way the house members yesterday forced out of the house ways and means committee, over the opposition of the G. O. P. leaders, the bill to give themselves $5 a day for maintenance. There is no doubt but that the present $10-a-day salary of legis- ‘ lators is inadequate to cover their and Pettifoggery, 25 Tsolntionism living ‘costs in Indianapolis Hur- ry ting the 61-day session. ys a But it is inconsistent for the legislators to turn “thumbs down” Veto Expected on other salary increase measures ODDS AND ENDS: Governor

quet here on Feb. 27. : | But it gave first mention to | Col. Robert McCormick, publisher of the Chicago Tribune, who is to be the speaker at the similar Republican function that day and said “it'll be isolationism against anti-isolationism.” Col. McCormick is to speak on “The Responsibility of a Newspaper to Its Readers” while Mr.

the “salary-grab” session, are

SAYS:

NTH $25

that probably are just as neces-

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STRAUSS

Several HUNDRED SUITS for Men &

Young Men

rial:

league is fighting the railroad |

bill to make cities pay 80 per vent

AUXILIARY TO SERVE “LUNCH TOMORROW

The social club of Monumental

division 128, auxiliary to the Brotherhood of Locomotive Engineers, will have a covered dish luncheon tomorrow at noon at the home of Mrs. J. A. Fulmer, 2429 Adams st. Assisting the hostess will be Mrs. William Noelle and Mrs. William

Schricker is expected to veto the

McAllen.

PLEASE!

| Local House a

To Separate Board From Public Works.

sanitation board from the board of

| public works, declared invalid

terday because it did not contain a1 Rep. Charles Ehlers (R. Indian~

|apolis), co-author of the bill and

7 indicated the substance of the mea{sure either would be tacked onto

another sanitation bill as an amendment or would be introduced in

| proper form by asking consent of

the house to introduce a new bill. . :

made by Speaker of the House Hobart Creighton (R. Warsaw).

PLAN IBERIAN PACT?

ALGIERS, Feb. 17 (U. P) —~Gen eralissimo Francisco Franco = of Spain and Premier Antonio de Ol veira Salazar of Portugal will mee in Portugal next month to sign a strictly neutral Iberian bloc pact, Lisbon reports said today. 3

No Mail, Phone or C. 0. D. Orders—

No Exchanges—No Refunds— All Sales Must Be Final!

No alterations other than changing

sleeve or trouser lengths—and we should like to have a little extra time in the matter of deliveries.

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in a Flash Clearance «

In this group are: SUITS that were $30 to $50

n THE $15 GROUP

clothes without much expenditure]

Au BUILDS OF MEN CAN BE FITTED!

= ‘ ; i : of

colored suits-the’ blues and oxfords. ALL, BUILDS OF MEN | CAN BE FITTED!

In this group are "SUITS that were $25 to $29.75

This offering will

SUITS... mainly Tweeds, Eheviots » and Herringbone Types— (The Jackets would do very we They’ re suits that a a can get plenty of good out of. men whose status is in a state of suspense and unsertainty-.who waht to get into new

ll as separate sports coats.)

appeal also to

Iso plenty of Cheviots from Don i lly strong inthe showing of dark