Indianapolis Times, Indianapolis, Marion County, 29 October 1947 — Page 15
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Purdue Rejects
High Costs Blamed By Trustees Times State Service WEST, LAFAYETTE, Oct. 20 Plans to increase the seating capacity of Purdue University's Ross~Ade stadium by 5000 seats were stalled temporarily today after rejection of all bids as being too high.
‘Trustees of the university rejected, © 3
the bids at the quarterly meeting over the week-end. Bids indicated the project would cost around $327, 900, more than $65 a seat, as compared with an original cost of oly
$10 a seat when the stadium was
constructed in 1924.
Other Bids Rejected On similar grounds the board re-
jected bids for improvement of tne]
intramural field on West Stadium Ave. and for construction of several new brooder houses on the poultry farm on South River Road. Blaw-Knox Co. of Pittsburgh was awarded a contract ‘for three prefabricated brooder houses ona bid of $15,402. Gets Sewer Contract Russell Davis, Lafayette contractor, was low on branch storm sewers in the stadium with a bid of $10,614 and on a contract for rough grading the Ross-Ade tract with a bid of $39,950. Contract for laying water mains on Third St. west of the campus to serve temporary buildings there went to Acme Plumbing & Heating Co. of Lafayette on a bid of $18,200.
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’ \ - ; Here's an Auction Ninety-one bottles of Parisian perfume that were mailed by GI's! overseas and seized as contraband by the U. 8S. Customs Office were] to be auctioned this afternoon in the Federal building. { The perfume, bearing such titles as “Coque d'Or,” “Jicky,” and “Vol, de Nuit,” cannot legally be received, in the U, 8. because the American copyright owners have not given their permission, customs officials explained, ! The scents were manufactured, under the trademark of Guerlain and Weil, But all labels will be removed according to Federal law before the perfume is placed on sale at 3 p. m.
Most Boards Favor
Present Rent Ceilings WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UP)—| Most idcal rent boards heard from so far favor retention of controls at present ceilings, showed today. Rent Director Frank Creedon has
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boards. Of these 40 asked continuation of existing controls, 11 asked decontrol, and six called increase in ceilings.
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AT AR] rize-winners and © League ‘examining a winning left to right): Mrs. Jennie
Guckelbera; (standing, left to right): Mrs.
icers of the Indianapolis Art Students’ entry in the league's | 1th annual exhibit are (seated, ferce, treasurer, Mrs, Nellie McMath and Mrs. May Harriet Jeffries, president; Mrs, Grace | Lay, secretary, -and -Mrs, Cloradel Salmon, member of
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Wemmer Defends |
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Record of GOP
City Street Lights
In Accomplishments
Accomplishments of the Republican administration at City Hall were outlined today by Willlam H. Wemmer, GOP mayoralty candidate. ” “Despite shortages, the administration has placed 977 new street lights in every section of the city and the most modern lighting system is now being installed on the boulevards,” he said. “Numerous projects, badly needed in the interest of safety, either have been completed of are under construction. The Morris St, une
St. bridge over the canal is practically completed and the College and €entral Ave, bridges will be started soon.” Cites Housing. Ald | He said the present Republican administration has done everything within its power to provide housing for veterans in the face of acute shortages. “This administration has kept Weir Cook Airport among the top flying fields of the nation,” he said.
the board of directors.
rt League Open 11th Exhibit Today
Student Work Shown At Wm. H. Block Co.
The Indianapolis Art Students’ League today opened its 11th annual exhibit in the Wm. H. Block Co. auditoriurh.
To continue through Nov. 8, the exhibit « comprises 86 paintings of various subjects in oil, water color and pastel,
“1 A total of 19 prizes have been
awarded - participants in the cur-
_|rent exhibit by Clifton Wheeler and
Edmund Brucker, Indianapolis art ists who served as judges. Oil Wins Top Award Highest award, the Belle Crippen Memorial prize, was given Mrs, Nellie McMath for her oil painting, “White Glads.and Chinese Vase.”
‘|Other winners in the oil-painting
division include: Mrs, Harriet H. Jeffries, president of the league; Mrs. Cloradel Salmon, Mrs, Carolyn Bastian, Mrs. Louise Symons, . Mrs.
{Pauline Hinkle, Mrs. May Guckel-
berg, Mrs. Lenore Badger and Mrs.
"weigh these accomplishments of the
“I am certain that the voters will
city administration when they go to the polls next Tuesday.” {
The climax of the Repub 'mayoralty campaign will be reached tonight when a major mass meeting {will be staged at the Athenaeum. |A barrage of oratory will be led by Rep. Charles Halleck, House floor leader, U. 8. Senator Homer Capehartaand Governor Ralph Gates.
Enter Home-Stretch
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Your Candidates
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THIS IS THE LAST of a serfes of articles concerning the personal background, qualifications and platforms of candidates running for the City Council in the Nov, 4 election. ! A final series tomorrow will deal with the twe candidates RA The series today includes the threé candidates running for the City Council on the United, Labor
C. Everett Davis |
A program to “clean up” the city of Indianapolis, repair the streets and reduce crime was advocated by ©. Everett. Davis, United Labor candidate for the City Council from the third district, in a campaign statement. “Conditions in this city are a isgrace,” he said. “Our city has than its share of slums and less than its share of decent hous ing and the city will continue to.be
Joseph K. Shepard
Public ownership of utilities and collective bargaining rights for publie employees were advocated by Joseph K. Shepard, United Labor candidate for the City Council from the second district, in his campaign statement, ! “I also favor &treamlining of traffic, street improvements, a new civic auditorium and an end of racial segregation in public schools,” he sald. :
underprivileged so long as it is managed by the Republican machine.” $ Mr. Davis is president of the Teamsters Union 188 and has been
At a series of neighborhood meet- the steamflitting days of 1018.
ings last night, six Republican leaders opened the home-stretch of GOP campaign oratory, a | The speakers included Judge Dan V. White of Probate Court; John A. Schumacher, City Council president; {State Senator Robert Lee Broken|burr, Harry ©. Chamberlin, Judge {Wilbur Royse of the Appellate Court, |and Sheriff Al Magenheimer, ys
Hunt Young Couple
In $100 Robbery
Police searched for a young man |and woman today for questioning {in the beating and robbery of | William Calvert, 67, of Sheridan, {behind a Ft, Wayne Ave, tavern. | Witnesses told police the elderly man was struck several times in
He was employed by the Bell Telephone 'Co. here for eight years, three of which he served as a foreman. He was a Mayflower truck driver from 1931 to 1942, covering 47 states, and once moved former President - Hoover's furniture from the White House to California. He lives at 2028 Park Ave.
GOP Senator
Favors Rationing WASHINGTON, Oct. 20 (UP)—
today proposed a return to consumer rationing of scarce foods— without price control—as a move to {combat inflation, ) He also announced that he woul sponsor legislation to renew controls of installment buying if Presi-
{ Mr. Shepard a newspaper reporter, has been prominent in labor| {unior circles for many years. He
{was a charter member of the Amer- | {ican Newspaper Guild, president
and president of the Indianapolis O10 council for five years,
He has been a reporter on the] staff ‘of the Indianapolis Star 21 |years and was editor of The Union, A. F. of L. weekly paper, for four years, : He is a member of the Indianapolis Press Club, Sigma Delta Chi fraternity, Indianapolis Chamber of Commerce, Council of Social Agencles and the Indianapolis Community Fund. He attended Purfdue University, University of Illinois and Butler University, He lives at 033 E. River-
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Sen. C. Douglass Buck (R. Del), de pr.
Hughes Quiz to Reapen WASHINGTON, Oct. 29 (UP)— Round two of the Senate investigation into movie-maker Howard Hughes' war plane contracts will
dent Truman fails to ask for it in|open here Monday. Mr, Hughes and his anti-inflation program to be) his free-spending press agent, John
for City Clerk.
slate; Joseph K. Shepard, Willard B. Ransom and C. Everett Davis, a
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Willard B. Ransom A fight against rising prices, higher rents and action to break the housing shortage were advo: cated by William R. Ransom, United Labor candidate for the City Council from the sixth district, in a campaign statement. Other planks of Mr. Ransom's platform include: ONE: ve transportation; TWO: a city ordinance for fair employment practices; THREE: Increased wages and a merit system for city employees; FOUR: Elimination of dishonesty
land brutality in the police depart:
ment, and FIVE: Progressive planning toward developing the city for
8 labor union man, dating back |, ye Indianapolis Guild five years® rising population.
Mr. Ransom, a graduate of Har vard Law School, has been a prac ticing attorney here since 1039 During the war he rose from private
Committee. He Senate Ave, YMCA manager of the C. J. Walker Manufacturing Co, He is a member of the Omega Psi Phi fraternity. s He is married and lives at 828 N. California St.
FOUR GUERRILLAS SHOT ATHENS, Oct.’ 29 (UP)—A firing squad executed four guerrillas to-
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+ HIGHEST AWARD — "White Glads and Chinese Vase," oil painting by Mrs. Nellie McMath, which has | won the Belle Crippen Memorial Award, first prize:in | the Art Students League | 1th annual exhibit.
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an automobile by the young couple, Mr. Calvert was found at Ninth
{had a cut over the left eye, a cut lon the scalp and possible concussion. : He told police he had been robbed of $100, but did not identify his assailants, |
Hunt Fast Talkers In $245 ‘Gyp’
Police today sought two swindlers who fast-talked Mrs. Emma Gordon, 930 8. Kenwood Ave. out of $245 yesterday. Mrs, Gordon told police she was in the Federal building when a man started a conversation with her and said he had found a .purse containing $100. He offered to split with her if she would withdraw her postal savings and give them to him and a companion to show “good faith.” She withdrew $245 and gave it to his companion, Then both men | disappeared. |
Publishers, Printers Confer in Chicago
CHICAGO, Oct. 20 (UP)—The Chicago Newspaper Publishers Association planned to meet today with representatives of the Chicago Typographical Union (AFL) to discuss an alleged “slowdown” by composing room employees. The publishers said a slowdown had caused the first editions of the Wednesday Chicago Sun and the Chicago Tribune, morning newspapers, to reach newstands more than an hour late. It was the second consecutive day the first editions were delayed. John J, Plich, president of the union, disclaimed any knowledge of the slowdown but sald he was in. | vestigating the complaint.
‘Quick Action Thwarts Oil Co. Burglary
‘ Quick action by Patrolmen Lawrence Fanning and James Kelly frustrated an apparent burglary attempt at the Superior Oil Co., 560 Dorman 8t. The patrolmen raced to the oil concern office on a call and mounted guard ‘at the front, and | rear entrances until reinforcements led by Sgt. Harold Morton arrived. The would-be burglar, however, had vanished. Beside the safe on the floor, the police found a hand ax, pinch bar, two chisels, a tire tdol and a wrecking bar. Marks of prying were on the safe door,
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FRANKLIN, Oct. 2 (UP)~An epidemic of flat tires which ineconvenienced many motorists on their
Sunday was solved today, Police said a youth who lived on a farm near Nineveh admitted spreading several pounds of shingle nails over a section of Ind. 252. Nineveh garages reported a busy week-end,
Hunt Window Smasher
Police sought a vandal who threw bricks through a plate-glass window at Gross Bakery, 4812 E. Michigan
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