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‘SATURDAY, JUNE 30, 1945

Inside Indianapolis By Lowell Nussbaum

A WOMAN" living out in the country phoned the OPA rental department yesterday and told Marcellus Pohlmeyer: “I served notice of eviction on my tens ant yesterday and sent you a copy -of the notice. When you get it, just pay no attention to it.” Mr. Pohlmeyer wanted to know why. Replied the woman: “Well, their kid went upstairs this morning’

and set: fire to the bed and the

house burned down. Now we won't have to evict them.” ... A North side resident is telling her friends about an experience while eating in Wasson’s restaurant. She sat down at a table with another woman, The two got to talking and the conversation worked around, as it usually does, to the foods situation. Cominented the other woman: “My husband was buried two weeks ago, and you don’t know how much I miss his ration points.” , , , Five officers of the Indianapolis Club of Printing House Craftsmen were on their way to Dayton to attend a meeting the other day and began looking around “for a good place to stop for dinner, Just then they came to the town of Eaton, O. Intrigued with the name, they decided to stop there, They went to a “colonial kitchen"—Mrs, Wagner's, I think it was—and had big, luscious steaks, French fries, real butter, etc. In the group were Elmer Bredensteiner, Guy Bond, George Daughraty, Roland Lambert and Kiefer Lazarus. Their motto: “For eatin’, try Eaton.” . ., . A sneak thief left Seaman 1-¢c John Robert Ninekirk in an embarrassing spot when he made away with the coastguardsman’s wallet. Seaman Nipekirk, home on leave for his marriage tomorrow” left the wallet on the rear ledge in his car a few minutes while the car was parked in front of 1428 N. New Jersey. When he came out, it was gone. There was no money in it, but it did include his navy traveling papers and his return trip ticket to Boston where he rejoins his ship in.a few days. Keep the wallet, but please return the papers, he asks, His address is Y612 Cord St., Speedway, Ind.

The Shorts Shortage _ A READER who dislikes being called to the phone Py telephone solicitors comes forth with a sug|gestion. Commenting on the defense of one such so- * liieitor that the job makes possible for her to earn a living and still stay at home with her children, this reader suggests: “A much more appreciated service would be to make men's shorts at home. The patterns are so easy to follow and the work could be

Salzburg Confusion

SALZBURG, Austria (Delayed) ~The German army was retreating in great confusion, for the end was near and everybody knew it. A delegation from the little town of Hallein went to the German

army commander as his troops moved through the streets, “Please do not blow the bridge in our village” they pleaded. “It's demolition cannot help you win and it will mean hunger for us for the stream is swift and we have no boats.” “Ho! So you want to save the bridge,” was the answer. “So, it shall be blown.” Three days later, it was when all the Germans surrendered. And a few days after that the American high command arranged for high-ups in the German army to supervise the moving of German troops and equipment into marshaling areas. It was a task our combat divisions simply could not handle.

Still in Command

THE GERMAN named to take charge of this area was the general who blew the bridge. “We cannot understand you Americans,” say the people. “You come to stamp out the Nazis. We want to -help. But the man who blew our bridge rides through town in a shiny roadster—still in command.” It was 5 p. m. and Salzburg lay quiet amid its afternoon dust. Truck convoy drivers were at chow.

A . t * THE POWER PLANT of the Nazl V-1 was the first practicable pure jet engine manufactured in quantity, It was a crude setup, expensive in fuel consumption, but it furnished power. : In rough sketch, it is a piece of drain pipe, fitted with shutters in front—a compressed air .bottle—a nozzle for squirting kerosene into the pipe, and a spark to set off the mixture. The burning gasses, expanding rapidly, roar out of the jet at the rear, while the reaction forces forward the jet engine and the plane to which it is attached. The outstanding feature of this power plant is its utter simplicity and its low-cost production, High fuel consumption is not an objection to any engine that's built for war purposes only, as long as it can do its job better than any other engine. It was the V-1 jet engine which, opened a new power age, inspiring the world to concentrate upon the development of this type of flying power plant.

Simplest Poiver Plant THE REASON the jet eventually must become the orthodox engine for aircraft is that it is the simplest power want conceivable. Simplicity of design means Jow purcnase price and economy. of upkeep. ' You readily can see that as soon as the fuel consumption or this type of flying machine is reduced to the point where it fits the pocketbook of -the private flier, private aviation will become financially practical. To dramatize the necessity of jet development, remember that 80 per cent of the cost for keeping a private airplane in operation is for keeping its engine in condition. The current aircraft engine has done a grand job, But it is an engine that was not

done by hand if she has no sewing machine. She would be doing a real service as shorts are hard to find in stores.” No comment. . . . And ‘then there's the letter received by Marilyn Furs. It read: “Gentle men: I don't doubt but what the bird who hatched the idea of soliciting business over the phone thought]. he had done something grand. Personally I do not enjoy running in from the backyard on. wash day to answer the phone only-to be asked if‘I have put my fur coat in storage. If I had a fur coat, I would have sense enough to take care of it. I think the telephone could be put to better use in these times or any times. Yours very truly.” . . . Floyd van Kueren Ingram, a soldier from Indianapolis now in Austria, sends me a note asking that I pass along to his mother three inclosed notes penned in German by German prisoners, I've had the notes translated but can't carry out the request since he forgot to give me his mother’s. address. One of the Naz prisoners wrote: “I am naturally as all German soldiers a prisoner of war.” Another: “We have found it very well in the company of your son, The American army has made a good impression on us. As prisoners we are glad to help in the kitchen.” The third: “The food we receive is much better than of .the German army.” If you know the soldier's mother, tell her to contactsme.

So Sorry, General! S8GT. BOB SCHALK, who used to work here at The Times, had his most embarrassing» moment recently while stationed at a convalescent hospital at San Antonio, Tex. It seems there's a canal there which is popylar for canoeing. This canal runs just in front of a big stadium, separating it from the speakers’ platform, Bob took a WAC for a canoe ride one day and as he came to the stadium, discovered it was packed with servicemen listening to an address by a brass hat later discovered by Bob to be Lt. Gen. Patch. Bob leaned forward and paddled as hard as he could to get past the speakers’ stand. In doing so, he ran smack into a “gondola” in which the only passenger was a full colonel. Expecting momentarily to be grabbed and dragged before a court martial for interrupting the general's speech, Bob hastily turned t canoe around and returned the way he had come. item in‘this column May 25 mentioning Cpl. Gene Mills reached the corporal’s attention by a roundabout manner. A Sgt. Overshiner in the same outfit received some mail, included in which was a copy of this column, While reading it, he stopped and shouted: “Hey, Mills; here's a plece about you in the paper.” It was quite a surprise to Gene:

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By Jack Bell

Residents had -gone home and sleep seemed a good idea all around. Suddenly, five trucks converged on the Stein hotel. Out jumped dozens of military police. In 30 seconds the hotel was surrounded. Officers with drawn pis~ tols and M. P's with tommyguns alerted, dashed inside. Out came..a few frightened individuals, straight! into the muzzles of M. P.'s rifles. They turned back to join their fellow racketeers inside-—and the big- | gest black market ring yet unearthed in this section | was trapped. !

Face Drastic Sentences IT WAS AN elaborate ring, set up after the American troops took over the town. In it were a couple | of Greeks, a Yugoslav, ta few Arabs, some Austrians, and possibly a few renegade American soldiers. Two men in American army clothing, driving an American 2'%-ton truck, were caught. They had worked up a trade in food, liquor and currency. I saw our old yellow $20 bills for the first | time since we called them in years ago. An American! dollar was bought for 250 reichmarks, or about $25. The English pound brought $200, though our official ratio is but four to one. ! Men from the office of strategic services, had quietly watched the leaders and stooges along the streets and half hidden houses for three weeks, Then | Capt. George Sherman, Coshocton, Ohio, pounced. Tons of food were recovered—with women and chil- | dren starving in every Austrian city, The suspects, if convicted, face drastic sentences. |

By Maj. Al Williams

basically designed for aircraft. It is a refined adaptation of ‘the same power plant that drives your motor | car. There is jet engine. Desirable though it may be, we may have to progress through two or three stages of rover at |

neither wheel nor gear in the pure

in the accomplishment of an ideal flying power plant. The first step may be the development of what is known as the gas turbine jet. | Keep Down Consumption THIS ENGINE will be a turbine and an air compressor mounted on the same shaft, On the forward end of that shaft will be a reduction gear, on which will be mounted an orthodox propeller, As the burning gasses flow past the turbine wheel toward the rear of this cigar-shaped engine, they will rush through an aperature into the open air thus producing jet reaction. This compromise will drive a propeller, while at the same time providing some jet propulsion. But, most important of all, it will keep fuel consumption within reasonable limits. i Even though it is a little more complicated than ! the pure jet éngine of the Nazi V-1, it will be’ a tremendous advance in point of simplicity and maintenance over the present aircraft engine. The gas turbine jet will mean & single shaft, a gear box, a forward compressor fan, and a rear turbine. Unlike the orthodox aircraft engine, none of the parts of the gas turbine jet will rub against one another. This immediately washes out all the complicated problems of lubrication, with only the necessity 'of a few drops of oll on the few bearings which hold the single shaft in place

Of course, the business of removing and replacing |” gy

such type of engine in a private airplane will be a mere matter of removing and replacing a few bolts which anchor it to the fuselage. i

| dictator, or rather the dean of dic-

March 18-May 9, 1940 ITLER summoned Mussolini to the Brenner Pass in March, 1940, after which, while the Italians were expecting some new German move in the Balkans, the fuehrer launched his armies against Denmark and Norway, Count Ciano, Mussolini’s son-in-law, records in his intimate diary. Ciano’s account is the first avail. able eyewitness story of one of these famous dictators’ sessions which always left Mussolini depressed because Hitler did all the talking, The end of thé Norwegian campaign found Hitler complaining that victory had been so speedy it had been impossible to engage the major British forces and destroy them, Ciano wrote: MARCH 18—“It is snowing at Brenner Pass. Mussolini is waiting for the guest with a sense of anxious pleasure. Mpre and more recently he has felt a fascination for the Fuehrer. , “He tells me that he had a dream during the night ‘that tore the veil from the future,’ but he does not! say what it was. “This has happened on other occasions, he says. Once he dreamed of fording a stream, and woke to learn the Fiume question was about to be solved. ”

is “THE HITLER meeting is cordial

on both sides. The conference is more a monologue than anything else. “Hitler speaks all the ume, with more calm than usual. He gestures rarely, and speaks in a quiet voice. He is well physically, “Mussolini listens with interest and deference. He speaks little and confirms his decision to move with Germany. , . . “He did not find in Hitler the in-

transigence Von Ribbentrop had in-|: + « | dicated.

. The meeting has not changed our position substantially.” » - # MARCH 19—“At heart Mussolini resented the fact that Hitler did all the talking, He wanted to tell him many things but had to remain quiet most of the time. As a

tators, he’s not in the habit of this.” March 20—“Before leaving Sumner Welles (representing President Roosevelt on a survey of peace possibilities) spoke clearly to Blas{co d’Ajeta, who is a relative of his. {Eveli without an offensive, Germany will be exhausted within a year. He considers the war already won by the French and British, with the United States prepared to guarantee this victory with all the! | weight of her power.”

» » n MARCH 25—“Teleki (Hungarian | prime minister) has avoided an| open position one way or the other,! but has not concealed his sympathy | for the western powers and fears German victory like the plague, “The Germans offer us some anti[leat batteries immediately. Mussolint plans to send for them.” March 27—"“Teleki at dinner asks me abruptly, ‘Do you know how to play bridge?’. “ ‘Why? “‘For the day we shall be together in Dachau concentration camp.’ ”

» » MARCH 29: ‘This report (on liv{ing conditions by an Italian who {spent a month in Germany) has! {not modified II Duce's outlook substantially, but he he has 5 admitted

MAY COMPROMISE STREET CAR FARES

Indications were today that the public service commission may compromise the complex, 2-year-old rate reduction case against the Indianapolis Street Railways. Although no official word was| available, it was learned that the commission and railways company officials had conferred on a possible agreement, This proposal is believed to involve a plan whereby the street railway company would establish uniform rates for all vehicles. | It was also Indicated that the] extra two-cent transfer fee may be abolished under terms of the com- | mise. At present, street car and trolley | {bus fares are seven cents, or four | tokens for a quarter, while the gasoline bus rate is a flat 10 cents,

Dae two years ago the former mocratic public service. commis

— THE" INDIANAPOLIS TIMES ion. lL com CIANO'S DIARY—INSIDE ‘STORY, OF THE AXIS—No. 12

Duce Resents Second- Fiddle Role

March 18, 1940, at Brenner Pass (above)—“Hitler speaks all the time. . . He speaks little,”

terest and deference. did all the talking.”

Germany is enjoying no bed of | roses, and - that failure of an| offensive or a prolonged war would | mean defeat and collapse for the! German regime. “‘I don't understand why Hitler| doesn’t realize this, he said. * feel that fascism is wearing down, wear and tear that is not serious but noticeable, yet he does not feel it in Germany,

portions.’ " ” » MARCH 30—“Mussolini for the] nth time is irritated with Catholicism, which he blames for ‘having made Italy universal and preventing it from becoming national. When a country is universal belongs to everyone but itself.” March 31—“Word reached me that II Duce has in mind to dismiss me from the ministry of foreign affairs. Mussolini is indignant - with Sumner Welles because he told Chamberlain that I1 Duce . . . appeared tired and perturbed. We learned this from one of the usual telegrams shown us by the British embassy.” April 2 — “Violent change in favor of war.” # 2 = APRIL 5—"Last night I saw the

German film of the attack on Po-|. .

land. , . , It's a good film if the Germans wish merely to portray brute force, but it is bestial for purposes of propaganda. “Dingle (identified only as ‘legal adviser of the embassy ‘in London") brought a useless and general message from ‘the Prime (Chamberlain), one of those mes-

sages of good will destined to re-|

main unanswered. “But more important is his de-

| pressed tone, his nervous search for {a compromise, his lack of faith in|

victory.” o ” APRIL 8—"There Budapest. . .

5 is alarm in . On the excuse that|

Russia will move soon in Bessara-|

bia, Germany intends to occupy the Romanian oilfields and asks free passage through Hungary. The price for this permission would be Transylvania, . ., . Hungarian liberty would come to an end.” April 9—"They did net march on Romania. “At 2 o'clock this morning, a secretary of the German embassy arrived with a letter from Mackensen, asking to be received at 1. Nothing else. He arrived at 6:30, {pale and tired, and communicated Hitler's decision to occupy Denmark and Norway, | sion was already being executed.

it |

I do not believe it.|’

Minister |

adding that the deci

March 19—“At heart Mussol

“Mussolini said: ‘I approve Hit- | ler's action wholeheartedly, . . This is the way to win wars.

and to the Italian people to ap- |

= APRIL 10—' News of the Ger-|

where the crisisiman action in the north has had |linl) is ready, a cold, cutting and assuming rather alarming pro-|® favorable echo among the ftal- contemptuous letter.

lian people, whom Mussolini de{scribes as ‘a prostitute that pre-| fers a winner. Mackensen came to see me with a little baby. | His wife had had a son. PE covered him with felicitatidns, since there is now nothing else to! do.” » APRIL 11-—“An urgent message | from Hitler to Il Duce (last night). . . Today he has prepared a warm answer: ‘Beginning tomorrow, the Italian fleet will be ready, our preparation on land and in the air is gaining pace. ... I remain skeptical. conference with the king (Victor), which did not satisfy him. '“He said: ‘The king would like us to intervene only to win the broken pieces. I hope they won't break them over our heads. first. . To make a people great it is necessary to send them to battle, even with a kick in the seat.” 5 n » CIANO was ill until April 20, when he reports a conversation with Prince Phillip of Hesse, the king’s| son-in-law.

April 20—“He talked about the imminent offensive, and said Hitler blames only the bad weather for his inability to celebrate his birth{day (April 20) in Paris.” = o »

date for Italy's entry into the war {was changed to the spring of 1941 |because Norway had postponed a [solution and moved farther away {the center of European operations.” Reichsmarshal Goering still was sulking because Ribbentrop had recelved the ornate Collar of Annunziata, Italy’s highest decoration. April 23—“TI speak of it to 1 Duce. We mustn't make the voluminous half-dictator of the Reich suffer longer. Mussolini authorizes

relating the pitiful situation of the tender Hermann.”

= »

APRIL 25—“Mussolini accepts! the nomination of Alfieri (as ambassador ta Berlin, succeeding At- | tolico, who was recalled at Ger-

Iman request), . , .

-| faithfulness to the pacts, but says {I shall give orders to the pr ess he will enter war only when he has

plaud the German action without | winning it.” | reservation.’ ” April 26—“The answer to Rey-| 'naud™ (French premier who had[*

. He returned from a!

APRIL 22—“This morning the

me to write a letter to the king,

. Mussolini listens with inini resented the fact that Hitler

I1 Duce gives

. him instructions. He repeats his

a ‘quasi-mathematical cerfxinty of

Isuggested a meeting with Musso-

. II Duce {also sent a brief telephone message | to Hitler, advising him to hold Nar{vik (in northern Norway) at any cost.” | April 28 — “Another letter from | Hitler to II Duce. . These, in {general, are of small importance, | but Hitler is a good psychologist |and knows that they reach deep into Mussolini's soul. , . , The Pope addressed a letter to ‘1 Duce, in which he praises efforts for peace and prays that Italy will stay out of conflict. Mussolini's reaction is skeptical, cold and sarcastic.” Ld » =

MAY 1-“Phillips (U. 8. ambas|sador) has a message from Roosevelt for II Duce. . It is a warning, hidden amid polite phrases, not to enter the war, . . Mussolinj received it with ill grace, believing Roosevelt openly in favor of the French and British. ; . , He personally wrote a reply, cutting and hostile, arguing that if the Monroe Doctrine applies to the Americas, it must jlso apply to Europe.” May 3—“Von Ribbentrop says that the offensive on the Maginot (line will be as rapid as it is cer(tain, Goering, for the t time, asks for our interventigw” because

quick victory. . . . Franco sent a dull message to Il Duce, in which he affirms the absolute neutrality {of Spain, which is trying to build jup the bone tissue destroyed by war and revolution.” » » MAY 4—"“A new letter from Hitler to II Duce. , . , Hitler complains about the excessive speed of the victory which has made it impossible to engage British forces more effectively and to destroy them. . . . He concludes by saying that he intends to obtain victory in the West as soon as possible, and that he is compelled to do this by threats of American intervention.” May 9—-"Badoglio . . . believes that a break-through of the Maginot line would require six months’ (action and the sacrifice of a million men,”

(MONDAY: The stab in the back.)

3 Plants Here fo Close on Fourth

THREE ‘Indianapolis war plants will be closed on July 4. Allison and Curtiss-Wright plants will be closed for the Fourth only, while | the Bridgeport Brass plant and office will not operate all week, except for a maintenance and skeleton force, due to vacations. The R. C. A. plant and office will remain open, The Lukas Harold schedule has not been announced.

The postoffice will be closed © all day Wednesday except for parcel post and special delivery services.

* HANNAH ¢

ordnance |

MEAT, NOT POINTS, HOTELS’ PROBLEM

Hotel men here had decided to-| | day that getting more points from |

| the OPA wouldn't solve their aim.

| culties. “For a time, we thought our prob. !

lem was to get more food points, or| at least to keep what the OPA| {plans to take away from us start-| |ing tomorrow,” declared Dr. John| K. Hewitt, executive secretary, In-|

dianapolis Hotel association,

“Now we find that even if we had | the |

the points, we couldn't © get | meat.’ At a meeting yesterday of hotel men, meat packers, produce dealers, fish dealers and others, Dr. Hewitt said he had been informed 75 per cent of all available meat here is | being requisitioned by military and | lend- lease authorities. The executive secretary explained |

| that hotel dining rooms and restau- |

Cut 24 Tires on Cleaner's Trucks

TWENTY-FOUR tires on Swiss Cleaners’ trucks were punctured by ice picks last night in the company lot behind the cleaning establishment, 1120 N. Illinois st., W, E. Dinsmore, vice president told police today. he | A neighbor told Mr. Dinsmore

| that she had seen three men in

the war is now movinghtoward al

Of Labor Bill

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the program that enrages the

bor leaders. They claim that it a “compulsory arbitration bill which would enslave labor.” Thay isn't true. There is no more compuisofy. arbitration in TE this bill than. there is in the law today that requires the peace ful jus. dicial settle~ ment of all kinds of controversies—exs« cept labor disputes. The bill provides that un. Mr. Richberg settled disputes over the meaning and enforcement of a labor agréement shall be submitted to the decision of an adjustment board. All contracts, including Id= bor contracts, can now be legally interpreted and enforced by courts. The proposed law merely provides a simplified plan for settling grievances, which are diSe putes over the meaning of a cons tract.

» » . THIS IS exactly the same sort of plan which is today written in hundreds of labor contracts. = This is not compulsory arbitrae tion any more than it is compule sory arbitration when a worker sues his employer in court for wages which he claims are due him under his contract. “i Hasty labor critics oppose the proposed amendment to the Wagner act to give employers .the same protection against unfair practices by labor as is now given to labor against unfair practices by employers. : I submit that if it is made un= lawful for an employer to refuse to confer and bargain with his employees, it should be equally unlawful for employees to refuse to confer and bargain with thelr employer. If it is made unlawful for ployers to hamper employees : exercising their ployee rights, it should be equally unlawful for employees to hamper employers in exercising the same legal rights. 3 » »

THE hasty ies show they haven't read the bill when they claim that it nullifies the Norrise LaGuardia act, which I helped to write and still support. ‘The bill simply provides that the governs ment can obtain an injunction to prevent employers or employees from violating the law. This proposed law does not change in any way the protections of labor against injunctions: sought by employers. The real objection of the hasty labor critics is that they are op posed to any law which does not increase the power of organized labor free from any obligation to refrain from inflicting unneces« sary losses and suffering upon ul public. Since this attitude is indefen ible, the attack upon a reasol ‘law must consist of abuse ad misrepresentation.

the lot about 10 p. m, last night | and had heard air escaping. | There were 17 trucks parked there. ’ ™

MYSTERY IN DAYLIGHT SLUGGING ON CIRCLE

| A slugging on Monument Circle | at ‘4 p. m. yesterday baffled police | today.

We, the Wom Life's Bright Moments Come: Now and Then

By RUTH MILLETT -

BRIGHT MOMENTS: Seeing the clerk slip a favored customer a package of cigarets — with a “No Cigarets” sign importantly displayed — and then saying sweetly, “Can a you scare up a pack for me, too, please?” Asking for the 15th time in a month, “Do you have any sheer stockings?” and being told, “Yes, we got some in Just a while ago.” Walking into a butcher shop debating whether to have cold - cuts or hot dogs and seeing beau= tiful slices of ham on display.

= » "n . BUYING A SCARCE article in a store where you are not known and having the clerk say, “Thank you,” instead of making you feel as though you were buying in the black market,

rants are getting only 8 per cent of | the meat supply now. After tomor-| row, he added, they will receive 6!

Finding out that what is wrong

Walter H. Janneck, 44, of 1714 N.' : with the electric ice box or wash-

Rural st, an auditor for the Secur-

Eleanor Roosevelt son launched its move to obtain

wer transit fares in Indianapolis, |

My Day

HYDE PARK, Friday —I have often been both ered by the question of what factors make for so-called “bad children,” I am bothered by it when I go to the Wiltwyck school, where they have 8 to 12-year-olds who seem so innocent. It certainly bothered me as I looked at the boys at the Warwick state training school the other day, and it used to bother me * when I visited the girls’ training school at Hudson, New York. I have often wondered, too, why in ‘these state institutions for young boys and girls. there are more colored youngsters involved: than white ones. I have come to the conclusion that we need to do some thinking on this subject, if only because it costs us money to support training schools for young people. It costs us money to support prisons, Suberculosis sanitariums and hospitals for thé handi- « , and for the mentally deficient. The relationship between low family income and y bad child is not, of course, a necessary relationh I 3 ht a friend here in.the village of Hyde who brought up a number of children on a ¢ pension. They are fine children, and I am enn had no sense of being less Ziviieded than in the village

of any normal human being to try to get away

There may have been two generations without the proper food, and that will develop physical and mental trouble, particularly where medical care is! also not available. As a result of a bad physical condition, education is very much _ handicapped, since. an undernourished child f§ frequently a poor student, with bad eyes and bad teeth thrown in.- The very low income group is apt to be poorly housed. The neighborhood is apt to be bad and the children exposed to many temptations. Children frequently steal because they are hungry. They lie because the punishment meted; fout to them is frequently so hard that they dare !not face it. They run away from home because homie is unbearable. They run away from institutions because forcibly curtailed liberty is in itself a great hardship, and the place you are in must be exceptionally good to make you want to stay there, : I don't think I would ask of any institution that they have no runaways, for it is thé natural instinct

from the place where he is forced to stay. But I would ask how many youngsters came back volun-

[icwe. tr were held, but when Hugh |

Abbett was pamed public service commission chairman, the action became knotted in legal technicali- | ties. Mr, Abbett had formerly been the commission's chief engineer and | had compiled much of the evidence he subsequently was placed in the, position of reviewing. The legal duel had reached the|

state supreme court when Governor - Gates appointed an entirely new |

public service commission, none of whom had heard any of the volum- | inous testimony already presented. All court action was dismissed and now it's back in the commission's lap.

TAKES LYE WITH CAKE Fourteen-year-old Lelia McNeal, 662 8. New Jersey st. was treated at City hospital yesterday for burns received when she ate cake cut with a knife that a few minutes be ve, had been used to stir a can of e.

SLIGHTLY HURT IN FALL “Minor were listed

x oy rd = & Delevin ty hospital, |

per cent,

CITIES ARE FORGIVEN GROSS TAX PENALTY

State Treasurer Frank T. Millls said today that cities would be! forgiven the payment of delinquent penalties on Indiana state gross in come taxes.

cent interest charges would be assessed prior to May 14, 1943, and after May 14, 1945, a two-year period in which a Marion superior court ruling to exempt municipal enterprises from gross taxation was effective, The Indiana supreme court reversed the superior court decision last month. Cities now are ‘required to ‘pay taxes on. income’ from municipal utilities, swimming pools, golf courses, airports, cemeteries, rental

|of markets, wharfs and equipment.

SCIENTECH CLUB SPEAKER speak

Millis said however that one per,

ity Trust Co., was walking at the north end of the Circle when an-| | assailant stepped up and struck | him on the head. The assailant also took a swing at another pedestrian who sprang to Mr. Janneck's ald. | A police search failed to catch the | Circle slugger.

ROSES SPUR SALE OF BONDS BY $67,400

A record amount of $67400 was] spent. by war bond purchasers yes-| terday at the A. W. V. 8 booth | in the Claypool hotel. Over 5000 roses, donated by the Allied Florist

association of Indianapolis, were given to bond buyers. Mrs. Frank

ing machine isn't serious, but can be fixed in a day or two, Getting the name of a wells recommended baby-sitter, clean ing woman or laundress. Actually hearing, “Why yes you can,” to your apologetic plea to the cleaners, “Could I get tia back in a week. Being told by a real friend that such’ and such a store has kids’ pajamas or steaks - and hurrying down to find there are a some Jed A

HAVING AN accommodating non-smoker with you when you happen into a drug store thats selling your: favorite brand of