Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 18 February 1943 — Page 4

"WELFARE FUNDS

Senate Approves . Measure Giving County Councils Voice in Budgets.

Despite charges that the federal government might withdraw its support of the state welfare program, the state senate today passed / a bill which would place control of the county welfare budgets in the hands of the county councils. Author. of the bill was Senator

John Van Ness (R. Valparaiso), who |

‘also sponsored the resolution setting up the welfare investigating committee whose report this week criticized several phases of the welfare program. Under the present law the county wélfare department compiles. its own budget ‘and neither the county tax adjustment board nor the state tax board have any powers to. reduce the amount of money asked for. The county council, however, must appropriate these funds.

4 Vermillion In Warning

Senator Walter Vermillion (D. Anderson), minority floor leader, told the senators they were “going to have to take the responsibility if the federal government withdrew its funds.” At the present time old-age assistance and aid to dependent children are supported 20 per cent by the counties, 30 per cent by ‘the state and 50 per cent by the federal government. “The federal government has consistently refused to deal with more than one local unit of government,” Senator Vermillion said. “This bill - would force them to deal with 92 county councils. Some states already have been deprived of federal support because of such legislation.” Senator Van Ness said he thought’ Indiana would have been “better off if it never had accepted federal funds.” Doubts U. S. Opposition

“However, I don’t want to endanger federal funds at this time because it would be unfair for Indiana to have to carry the whole load while other states get federal support, but I don’t think this would happen,” Senator Van Ness said. Senator Blaz Lucas (D. Gary) said he would support the bill because in Lake county the welfare department spent 12 per cent more in 1942 than it did in 1941, despite the drop in the number of recipients. : During the debate. several senators scored the “extravagayce” of the federal government and the vote, 28 to 12, was not along party lines. The bill now goes to the house.

YOUTH ARRESTED IN ‘BURGLARY BELT’

Police arrested a 16-year-old boy last night when he invaded .the city’s “burglary. belt” on the North side. The youth, who has served a sentence in the Indiana boys school for robbery, is held for questioning, but police. do not believe he is the “flashlight” prowler who has been working the area for months. . His arrest came with a call to 2456 Guilford ave., where police found Orval Guess holding the prowler at shotgun point on the front porch. An earlier call had sent squad cars to the home of Jerome Tallent, 2319 Guilford ave. Mr. Tallent reported he had seen a Negro standing in his kitchen. He failed, however, to identify the arrested youth as the same individual,

RITES TOMORROW FOR MRS. FISHER

Funeral services for Mrs. Vanetta Fisher will be held at 1 p. m. tomorrow at the Shirley Winfrey funeral home. Burial will be in Crown Hill. 3 . Mrs. Fisher died Tuesday at “the home of her father-in-law, ~ Burnett Fisher, 2955 Indianapolis ave.,, after an illness of several months. She had lived here most of her life and was a member of Bethel M. E. church. Survivors are two dniighbers. Mrs. Martha Ann Bradley of Columbus, O., and Mrs. Kathryn E. Barton of Indianapolis, and a brother, John W. Henderson of Columbus, O.

CONSERVATION BILL DOOMED

Indefinite Delay Voted in House on Gas and Oil

Regulations.

The bill to set up regulations for the conservation of Indiana’s oil and natural gas resources was postponed indefinitely in the house today over

{the protest of the state conservation

department. In a final attempt to save the measure, which was recommended

for postponement by the natural resources committee, Rep. Matthew Welsh (D. Vincennes) told the house he was confident that the sentiment of the oil industry in general favored tighter regulation to prevent the “waste” of these vital resources.

Raps “Oil Attorneys”

“I might as well be frank,” Rep. Welsh said. “There is vigorous opposition to this conservation measure from two or three oil attorneys representing the interests which do not want regulation. “This bill is the result of nearly two years of careful study by those interested in preserving the state’s oil and natural gas reserves and only provides that the geology division of the conservation department be permitted to set up machinery for the prevention of waste.” Rep. Robert A. Hoover (R. Goshen) charged, however, that the bill is “just, the Barnhart-Ickes oil bill for Indiana and is some more new deal legislation to set up bureaucratic boards.”

Barnhart Is Critical

Hugh A. Barnhart, director of the Indiana department of conservation, issued a statement last night condemning the aétion of the na-

mending that the bill be killed. “Failure of the committee to take favorable action on this bill,” Mr. Barnhart’s statement said, “means that the people of the state have no law to protect their oil and gas re-

be ‘dissipated at will by operators who are interested only in quick profit. Depletion of Indiana’s oil and gas assets will be hastened by lack of regulation.”

TRUCK, STREETCAR IN DOWNTOWN CRASH

Streetcar passengers were shaken up. but ‘escaped injury yesterday afternoon when a truck and the streetcar collided near one of the city’s busiest intersections. The accident occurred on Illinois st., just north of Washington. A truck of the E-Z-Bake Co. driven by Roy Salyards Jr. 1534 Brookside ave., drove out of Court st. and collided with the southbound streetcar and then hit the safety zone abutment. The truck was damaged and the front of the streetcar caved in. Robert Monroe, 27, 224 S. Harris

ave., was the car operator.

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Lieut. Wiesner

Second Lieut. Phyllis M. Wiesner, former airline stewardess, demonstrates to men of the first troop command how wounded soldiers are evacuated from combat zones by transport planes. crew at Stout field places a man aboard a C-47 plane. A closeup of Miss Wiesner is in the inset.

A stretcher

Demonstrates.

Methods of Saving Wounded

"Lieut. Phyllis M. Wiesner could be called an “aerial Florence Night

ingale”—only she would resent it.

She did, in fact, when she visited Stout field this week to show the men how wounded soldiers are evacuated from shell-pocked battle zones

by transport planes.

“We're just flight nurses—Americans who have a job to do,” she

declared stoutly. “Compared with the gallant women of Russia, we're not doing much yet. Those women are flying their own planes to the battle fronts, loading the wounded aboard and flying them behind the lines for hospitalization. Women handle the whole evacuation job in Russia.” But Lieut. Wiesner and other fiying nurses are just a bit too modest about the part they are playing in the war. The army, it is true, calls these women—the first to become a part of flight crews in combat zones— simply “flight nurses.” They are the newest members of the troop carrier command’s latest branch— the medical unit of the air evacuation section. When a pilot and a surgical technician (an enlisted man) take off to rescue the wounded up at the front lines, the flight nurse goes along. Lieut. Wiesner demonstrated how it is done for Gen. Fred Borum, other officers and men at Stout.

Placed in Plane

They saw the petite and demure lieutenant supervise the placing of those portraying the “wounded” aboard a C-47 plane. “Seven enlisted men make up an evacuation team on the scene,” she explained. “Six set up the equipment in the plane and the seventh secures the stretchers in place. “Then the more seriously wounded are placed forward in the cabin— this reduces the normal swaying motion of the tail of the plane. “As soon as the loading is completed, the stretcher team turns to loading the next evacuation plane and the flight nurse and her assists ant, the surgical technician, take over the important job of making the men comfortable for the balance of the trip to an area of safety. Naturally, there’s no telling hcw long these evacuation flights will be. A medical doctor is assigned to every five evacuation planes.” Not a word about how this might be carried on “under fire!” *It seemed almost paradoxical to see this 23-year-old girl doing such an efficient job. But that’s the kind of training she was given at an air evacuation school in Louisville where flight nurses are trained. And she-had experience for the job long before that. So have a lot of the flight nurses.

Airline Pilots Serve

“Many commercial airline pilots who are flying troop carrier planes overseas now have their former stewardesses riding with them. on evacuation missions,” Lieut. Wiesner explained. “The nurses corps of the army is calling up a lot of airline stewardesses for this important work. “Girls with airline experience are best fitted for flight nurse work, but

such experience is not necessary. Any registered nurse, weighing between 105 and 140 pounds and being between 5 feet 2 inches and 5 feet 5 inches in height can qualify.: And flight nurses can be married, too.” Lieut. Wiesner gave up a stewardess job herself to become a flying nurse, Earns Wings

“While making my regular flights from Chicago to New York, I used to dream of the day when I could do something real for the war effort and now the army has work to be done and I've wasted no time in joining up.” She graduated this week from the Louisville school and wears the bars of a commissioned army officer and the coveted wings that designate her a part of a military plane crew. During the course, she reviewed her nursing training and learned mili= tary courtesy, close order drill, etc. She was born in LaFarge, Wis, schooled at Beloit and received her regular nursing training at St. Therese’s hospital in Waukegan. Her visit to Stout field brought a reunion with Maj. Robert J. Rentz, air base commander, with whom she made her first official flight as a fledgling stewafdess on an American Airlines ship. This attractive girl in her trim blue dress uniform, natty overseas cap and low-heeled shoes has a snappy salute as G. I. as they come. It looked like she had captured the Stout field men’s hearts. “Gee, I want to go overseas and be on Lieut. Wiesner’s stretcher team,” said one private in a little aside. And about that question of marriage. Lieut. Wiesner chose , her words carefully. “Just say I have no plans for the duration.”

VICE PRESIDENT’S GUARD WITHDRAWN

WASHINGTON, Feb. 18 (U. P.).— Vice. President Henry A. Wallace once more is going about his business without benefit of a secret service guard. His experience of last Tuesday, when secret service men protected him while he was attending a war production board meeting in the social security building, was a novel one occasioned by unusual circumstances, it appeared. What those circumstances were has not been revealed.

STILWELL IN CHINA NEW DELHI, Feb. 18 (U.P.).— Lieut. Gen, Joseph W. Stilwell, American commander in the China-Burma-India theater, was reported today to have returned to China after visiting a Chihese-American

training center in eastern India,

IN INDIANAPOLIS—VITAL STATISTICS

HERE IS THE TRAFFIC RECORD

FATALITIES 1942 ...

WEDNESDAY TRAFFIC COURY

Cases Convic- Fines Violations Trica tions Paid Speeding 1 $18 : Bonen driving Failure to stop at through street Failure o » stop a Drunken driving All others

EATIONING DATES GAR—C fi SU Roupen & 3s jood or three Coffee—Coupon 25 good igh March 21. Gasoline—A book—Cou oupon 4 good for four gallons through March 2 Fuel Si -Cotpon 3 good f gallons thro . 20. Co - i gg 103 goa

Tires for b loers . A gas books must be inspected 9. March 31. Tires pe holders of B and T books must be inspected by eb, 38. Shoes—Cou a good for one air 3 through June 15 ’ : Caunisd Re at mi wae 3 Ration Book 2 through Feb,

EVENTS TODAY

National Association of Manufacturers, Sjpiarente on manpower, Claypool hotel,

nS Mageh

bration begins|

A Harold MoCormac Craig,

drive to. raise|

meeting, Hotel Washington, noon. ‘Society of Automotive Engineers, dinner meeting, Hotel Antlers, 6:45 p. m. Indianapolis Conference of Bank Auditors, er, Hotel Washington, 6 p. mn Retired Railway STployees, meeting, “Hotel Severin, 2 Pe Indianapolis assosiation, ‘meeting, Columbia club, noon

EVENTS TOMORROW

Phi Beta Pi, lecture by Dr. Andrew C. Iv director of naval medical research insti lute, State Board of Health bldg., 8:15

D. DePauw university alumni, inter, Roberts Park Methodist church, 6 p Whist club, meeting, Hotel DP cri, 7:30

p. Bookwalter-Ball Athletic association, meete Hotel Washington, sosiati m. Atkin s aad Co., dinner, Hotel Sev-

luncheon

MARRIAGE LICENSES

These lists are from official records in the -county esurt house. The Times, therefore, is not responsible for errors in names and addresses. Paul Sha % oh Re 1 |stanley Brucks, 36, Pennsylvania hotel; 8. Peterson, 26, Pennsylvania

Hote Janees E. Felton, Jo. of 730 Center; uline Hollowell, of 728 Ci enter, 3 Pa DR re 27, . on, of 178 Fim, Melton, Pa. Warren Hal Y. M. C. as Velma Mac Hersh erger, 19, Y. W. A.

arch 1.| Robert Warner Hoagland, 18, of 5245 Cenrriett Leota Thornhill 19, of| dom, The

tral; 115 8, Butler. illiam Charles Coleman Jr., 21, of 837 Na Jerlean Nevills, 18, of 837 W.

of 2246 Park; i el RL BE

Patnich Leo Peore, 30, Ft. Ha Harrison; Ruth Ba Chambers, 34, of 1704 N.

. Picture theaters’ for infantile 5i8-

non Sensis L 5 of 3702

, of Ft. i Etta Jobe

of 1133

Ira C. McNew, 58, of 1134 Drove Parriews Marie Caylor, 417, of 1149

Elmer Earl Sylvia, 24, of 20 S. Summit; ‘Thelma Roberta Sloan, 24, of 1132 Ken-

ucky. Ray Dunbar Taylor, 29, of 1655 Bellefontafe: Dora Catherine Taylor, 28, of 1740 N. Arsenal. William Berry , Pet Jr., 23, of 3530 Washington blvd. ; is Eleanora Crago, 19, of 3530 Washington lvd. Halbert Allison Thompson, 22, Stout field; Elizabeth. Ann ora "25, of 3720 N. Pennsylvania, . Robert Neil Trees, 22, of 1635 Lawrence; Alma Margaret Shumaker, 20, of 2025

N. Temple. Julius. S. P Wilson 28, Ft. Harrison; Edmonia LaVerne "Bell, 26, of 314 Vermont. Byron Herbert Wit te, 16, R. R. 10, 397, Indianapojiss Juanita Ariens Thomas, 16, R. R. 10, Box 484, Indianapolis.

BIRTHS Twin Girls William, Kathryne Steinhauer, at 1933 HolWays

Girls

Chester, Kathryn Skinner, at Methodist. John, Margaret Spangler, at Methodis Harold, Audrey Carnell, at Mee Harold, Helen Wil ethodist.

Emmet, Fred, Martha McCleary, at St. Vincent's. Ralph, Florence Montgomery, at St. Vin's.

Lawrence, Mary Goodson, at St, Vinceht's. rt, Jeanne Millspaugh, St. Francis. h, ‘Madonna Cleary, at St. Thomas, Thomas, Betty Lockhart, at Emhardt. John, Louise Cavett, at Emhardt. resa Bubbles, at Emhardt.

Boys Harold, Kathryn Brewer, at Methodist. Rohe rginia vanMeter, at M Methodist,

Mary Kellam, at Methodi

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, Franc 1, Gertrude Hoicer, on st. Francis, es, Maud Hartsough, at St. Francis.

1 Fr x Jo uy

William Clift, 73, at Long, arteriosclero-

Abe Tavel, 48, at St. Vincent’s, carcinoma. Lucy Conley, 19, at Long, cardiac failure. Marie Norris, 46, at Long, aortic stenosis. Lew OF O:Bannon, 78, at Methodist, carWalla “Weaiey, 67. at 522 Terrace, arterioMary Davis, 81, at 5531 N. Delaware, cerebral hemor: rrhage. Rorotny Wincel, 1, at City, lobar pneu-

. Charlens. oS vkes, 19, at Emhardt, lobar

pneum Henry Co ois, 73, at 1506 S. Talbott, _uremia. Ra

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legality of methods being used by

‘| William H, Remy, president of the |differ from those of the prosecutor’s

'fiscation of pinball machines by po-

4Mayor Tyndall have been conducted

‘l occupied town.’

OF POLICE RAIDS

Appeals in Criminal Court May Determine Status Of Slot Machines.

Sh, -Hearings intended to test the

city police in making raids and arrests on slot machine charges were started in criminal court today. Participating in the hearing was

safety ‘board, whose legal views on ‘evidence necessary in making raids

office. . Mr. Remy contended . that con-

lice officers without first actually seeing anyone play them is proper evidence for conviction.

_ Must See Players?

Deputy * prosecutors are of the opinion ‘that arresting officers must see the machines played for proper evidence. | Also Prosecutor Sherwood Blue recently indicated he does not consider raids made without search warrants as being legal. Most of the 100 or more raids made by police recently under the direction of the safety board and

without search warrants or affidavits.

Hears Appeals

The hearings be¥ore Judge Ww. D. Bain of criminal court were on slot machine cases appealed from municipal court 4 where defendants were convicted on police evidence. Defendants in the appealed cases were Wallace Ansters, Charles Bryson and Arthur McDermott, all of whom were convicted and fined $25 and ‘costs in municipal court 4. Judge Bain said he would consider evidence and make a ruling on the cases later, expressing hope that either the state or the defendants will appeal his decision to the Indiana supreme court. “It should be decided once and for all just what evidence is legal and what is not in these pinball machine cases,” Judge Bain said.

J FAMILIES FLEE FIRES DURING NIGHT

Three families were routed out of their homes by fires early today. Defective flues were blamed by fire-

men for all three fires. The home of Edward Holland at 1618 Milburn st. was badly damaged through the upper portions by flames that started near the flue. Mr. Holland and three members of his family were forced to flee in their night clothes. Mrs. Holland, who had recently returned home from St. Vincents hospital following an operation, was carried to safety by four unidentifiled Negroes who saw the house in flames and offered their services. They ‘carried Mrs. Holland to safety by picking her up on the mattress. Damage to house and furniture is estimated at $700. Mr. and Mrs. Glenn Hauser and their daughter, Alicia, were routed out of their beds at 4 a. m. by flames that started in the walls near the flue. Damage was slight. Flames caused $200 damage at the home of John Remker, 112 W. Walnut st., about 1:30 a. m.

Germans Rescue Dutch Quislings

LONDON, Feb. 18 (U. P.)— The Germans were reported to have come to the aid of assassina-tion-jittery Anton Mussert and his fellow Dutch traitors today by suspending civil law and introducing “police martial law” to suppress any “serious threat to public order or safety.” A decree issued by Arthur SeyssInquart, German commissioner in Holland, also provides for special “police courts martial” and appointment of German representatives with the power to enforce the death penalty, the Netherlands news agency said. Dutch patriots have assassinated three of the highest traitors in the Netherlands and the wife of one already this month, and tried to assassinate the attorney general of Amsterdam.

Communiques

MacARTHUR COMMUNIQUE (Issued Thursday, Feb. 18)

NORTHEASTERN SECTOR: NEW GUINEA: Wau—The enemy contines his withdrawal toward Mubo, harassed by our forward elements. Lae-Salamaua—Our long-range fighters executed a close sweep down the coast to the Kumusi river, Shranme targets of op-

portunity. NEW BR! Ubili—Our heavy units bombed and in the - _enemy-occupied area, .tarting fires.

strafed the airdrome and barges off shore, Cape Gloucester—One of. our heavy reconnaissance units bombed and sank an 80-foot schooner off Bambak. NORTHWESTERN SECTOR: DUTCH NEW GUINEA: Babo—One of our heavy units

NAVY COMMUNIQUE 285

(Issued Feb. 17) PACIFIC AND FAR EAST. 1. U. S. submarines have reported the following results of operations against the nemy in in the waters of 3

& on One medium sized transport sunk. (¢) Two medium gized cargo ships sunk. (d) One escort vessel sunk, as} One cruiser damaged ‘and probably § 4} One medium sized cargo ship dame

ag These actions have not been announced in any Previous navy department communique. :

NAVY COMMUNIQUE 286 (Issued Thursday, Feb. 18) 1 OTH pACIFIG (AR dates ost ongts ): : 1 On Feb. 17: (a). Dauntless

(b) RBs the a of Feb. 17-18 U. 8. aircraft bom emy positions on

BY EARL RICHERT

SO QUIETLY did house Republicans slip a “ripper”. section into the financial responsibility bill passed yesterday by the house that the

Democrats didn’t even catch it.

The bill passed by a vote of 79-to-6, with the Democrats voting

almost unanimously in favor.

The “ripper” section provides that the financial responsibility de-

‘partment, now a part of th

Democratic-controlled departmen of public. safety, shall be plac under Republican Secretary of State Rue Alexander. (Only about 10 jobs are involved.) What happened on this bill is typical of‘just how little the legislators know about the contents of the average bill they pass. And it isn’t exactly their fault. ‘There is too little time for the legislators to study personally the the host of bills before them or to keep up-to-date on the numerous amendments made. They have to take the word of someone else for what the bill does.

That is one of the reasons for

* the ' legislative council bill, now

going through the legislature. This council, to be composed of 10 senators and 10 representatives and aided by a research staff, would meet between legislative sessions to work on bills to be presented to the legislature and make studies concerning governmental problems to be used as a basis for legislative action, This cquncil, if it did its work properly, could do much to eliminate the introduction of the numerous poorly drawn and obviously illegal bills that are dropped into the legislative hopper each session. And the council, through its reports to the assembly members,

- could give an accurate report on

the contents of the various bills. 3 8 # os -

Montgomery to Get $6000

THE WAY has been cleared

, Tor the legislature to increase the income of Sam Montgomery, Re-'

publican Marion county assessor, from $2880 to $6000 a year. Attorney General James Emmert has ruled that a.fee is not a

salary and that hence there is.

no constitutional bar to adding fees to the income of a public official during his term of office. This gives the legal o. k. to the house bill, now pending in the senate, which would make 'Mr. Montgomery the inheritance tax

appraiser of Marion county and

limit the income he is to receive from the fees collected as appraiser to a total:of $3120 annually. While the bill increases’ Mr. Montgomery’s income there is no increase in cost to the public since it eliminates the $3600-a-year tax appraiser who is appointed by the governor.

Mayor Bill Held

IT LOOKS as if the anti-Tyn-dall city council which sponsored the bill to give themselves the power to*name a mayor in case of a vacancy in the office, will have to do some active lobbying if they

‘State Auditor Richard: T..

ae was the only ml expressing himself in favor of bill. He said he was opposed mayors naming their own su sors, as is now the case.

Senator Harry Chamberlin

Indianapolis) told the COMIMIvY

that the bill grew out of a f: tional fight in Marion county said that “this bill is just a at the mayor.” * | Senator Walter Vermillion Anderson) remarked that while didn’t know Mayor Tyndall he lieved in having confidence public officers and puis; against the bill.

= 8 ” = What's This? LEGISLATIVE VETERA lifted their eyebrows when they Beant Republican Lieut... harles Dawson- pub -assign R ie bill to take over the store license division to the senate p committee. The patronage committees both houses handle legislative jobs, the appointments: of taries, pages, etc., and no one ‘can recall when a hill ever was sent to a patronage committee. Ean Some observers believed that this was a subtle way for the lieutenant governor, who has de= clared himself against all patron= age bills this session, to bran the bill as a purely patronage measure. : Mr. James, who obtained the support of the Republican steer ing committee for the bill, cons tends and gives figures to show, that it is an economy measure— that he can operate the departe ment more cheaply than it is bes ing run now under the Demo cratic-controlled state tax board,

Gasmata—Our heavy units bombed and |

.bombed the _enemy- |

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