The Indiana Journal, Volume 34, Number 12, Syracuse, Kosciusko County, 22 July 1937 — Page 2

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Traffic Control Program Announced

SAFETY PLAN REDUCE TOLL BN HIGHWAYS J Autos Increase, But Fatalities Decrease by Supervision Indianapolis,. July 22.---First results of Governor M. Clifford, Townsend’s safety program were i shown today in a 9.3 per cent] decrease in the Indiana accident ] fatality rate for May, .1937, as I compared to'the same month last] year. The mortality reduction was in the face of a 5,000,0.0(1 gallon in-j crease in gasoline consumption for | the month. An accumulative report for the first live. months of this year showed, however, a 13.1 per cent accident toil increase and a 12.3 per cent gasoline consumption ] rise. February, with more than | a 100 per cent increase, account-j ed largely for the accumulative Seventeen counties an d 133' municipalities have maintained perfect safety records throughout i the five months. The counties are Jefferson, ' Warrick, Fountain, | Decatur, Harrison, Spencer, Ferry, Fulton, Putnam, Franklin, ] .blackford, Steuben, Benton® Jennings, Switzerland, Union and’ Brown. Total fatalities for the five months this year were 488, as compared to 424 last year. Gaso-] line consumption rose from 204,-] 505,299 gallons to 233,282,605 gal-] lons. ! '■' During May this year there ■ were 97 accident deaths and 56} - 980,456 gallons fpr May, 1936. Four state police post . areas showed substantial fatality decreases for the accumulative period and four showed increases. Decreases were reported from posts at Ligonier, West Lafayette, Spencer and Rushville. Rural accident deaths led city deaths during the accumulative period, 266 to 222. .Forty-three out of state drivers, 445 state drivers, 20 truck drivers, 148 pedestrains, nine bicycle riders and 68 victims of accidents at railroad crossings were listed in the live-month report. . HOPE TO CURB CHOLERA VIRUS BY VACCINATION Official Warns Now Is Time to Act to Halt Spread of Disease. State Veterinarian J. L. Axby warned today that spring pigs should be vaccinated now to prevent the spead of cholera.’ Last year’s cholera outbreaks left the disease virus in many 10. . calitits 4 and the transportation of hogs over wide areas during the' 1936 drought further spread the danger of fresh infection, Dr. Axby said. America’s hog cholera toll annually costs $20,000,000 to 825,000,000. There is no cure for the disease, , which generally

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AUTO BUREAU! MAY COLLECT 30 MILLIONS ] Indianapolis, July 15. — The 1 State Board of Accounts today estimated that there will be $30,1897,678.42 available for distribution from the motor vehicle account in 1938. Estimated gross receipts, according to William P. Cosgrove, i chief examiner, are: gasoline tax, $22,913,744.51; auto license, SB,1322,088.67; auto theft, $326,1462.75; drivers’ license, $520,382.85; weight tax, $581,033.51, and auto title transfers, $451,'698.65. Estimated expenses are g asoline J tax administration, including re* funds, $1,562,084.65; auto licjCnse, $437,373.20; auto theft, $73,653.31; driver’s license, $78,- ■ 809.01; weight tax, $50,908.35, | and auto lists, $14,904, a total of, $2,217,732.52. — Statutory deductions are esti-1 .mated at 5870,00, state police;! ' $1,250,000, transferred to gener-| al .fund; $2,000,000, to cities and' towns; $8,925,892.81, to counties; and $17,851,785.61 to state highways. Ligonier Man I Is Fined $25.00 Henry Wallace, carpenter and i resident of Ligonier, Indiana was rrrested on the evening of July, i 19th, on a charge of drunken driv-|-ing. State Police Officer Nelson followed Wallace who was driving I on State Road 2, two miles south inf State Road 6. Wallace was i confined to the Ligonier City jail overnight anH then arraigned in Mayor’s court. Because of being a first offender he was fined s2si and costs, his®driving license was revoked for six months.

Autos And Drivers Increase In State, New Report Shows

Operator Permits Are Sold to Over a Million ' Indianapolis, July 22. —Ihere 1 were 97,278 more’ licensed drivers I ] and 73,346 more licensed vehicles |in Indiana on July 1 this year [I than at the same time last year, Frank Finney, State Motor Vehicle Commissioner, announced I today. ] From the beginning - of the license sales period, December - 10, .1936, to July I,‘ the Motor Vehicles Bureau issued 939,283 license plates as compared to 865,937 for a similar period last year. A total of 1,129,505 chauffeurs’ and operators’ licenses were issu]ed by July 1 this year as compared to 1,032,227 for July 1, j strikes where it is least expected, i Dr. Axby suggested that vaccination should be done only by a I veterinarian and only after hogs ■ have been examined to determine whether they are in condition ■■to undergo the immunizaton treatment.

rfequatnted with Noonan in Alameda, Calif, two years ago and they have corresponded since. Miss Hunter refused to disclose contents of Id-page letter saying jNoqcXh had so requested, although saying she would make it public should it be definitely determined that he perished on world-trip.

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5 Operators’ licenses issued by July 1 totalled 952,894, as compared to 876,791, an increase of 76,103. Chauffeurs’ licenses totalled 176,611, as compared to 155,436, an increase of 21,175. : j Receipts for the fiscal year were: Road fund (from license plates)--$8,269,681.41 Theft Fund (from titles)— 326,110.25 Drivers’ License Fgndi. 512,937.85 Motor Police Fund (from transfers)-. 446,383.01 Weight Tax Fund.: 563,948.91 ' Auto List Fund 360.00 Total -$10,119,421.43 . 1936. itions and only a year for the 1937 ' Receipts of the Bureau for the report, the exact increase in revfiscal year ending June 30, 1937, i en « e c° ul d not be determined, increased more than Receipts for the 1935-36 fiscal] • over the previous year. Because year amounted to $9,341,582.03] ■ weight tax figures for 1936 repre-land $10,119,421.43 for 1936-37'. sehted a year and a half’s collec-1 Licenses for passenger vehicles

I a : ; Prefabricated Houses Seem To Be Feasible

Prefabricated wooden houses adaptable to mass production are practicable, according to experimentsby the Forest Products Laboratory of the United States Forest Service at Madison Wis. Experimental houses 'are built up of prefabricated wood panels 3 to 4 feet wide andup to 15 feet long. Plywood sheets forming the panel faces glued as in aircraft construction with moisture-resist-inng glue to both sides of the frame are strong, rigid, and light! and carry a part of the load instead of being an additional load on the supports, as in ordinary construction. In this way, the frame can be lightened without sacrificing strength or rigidity. Joists, for instance, have been reduced in height from the conventional 10 inches to 6 inches. Outer wall panels, using the strength of the exterior and interior plywood, are 2 to 3 inches thick instead of the customary wall thickness of 6 to 8 inches. Uprights with double grooves hold the edges of the inner and outer plywood. All panels are insulated the wall roof, and lower floor panels primarily against heat and

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iand cod, and the partitions and! floor panels between stories against sound. All electrical wiring and outlets can be built into the units. Quick and ready assembly on the building site is the goal. The first experimental prefabricated house developed, at the'’Forest Products Laboratory was a one-story structure with a flat; roof and casement windows. More ‘

SEEDER’S GROCERY PHONE 82 SYRACUSE, IND. 10 lbs; sugar with one dollars worth o f groceries (not including flour) 47c Free Running Morton Salt, 3 reg 10c boxes 25c Candy Bars, 3 reg. 5c bars 10c Pillsbury Flour, 1 five-lb. bag 29c Seedless Raisins, 2 boxes 21c Heinz Tomato Juice, 3 reg. 10c cans ?5c Libby’s Sauerkrout Juice, 2 reg. 15c cans 20c Flake White Soap, 5 bars . 22c Cake Flour “Softasilk”_ 29c ■* Cigarettes, 2 pkgs. (Camels, Luckies or Ches’fields) 25c We Receive Shipments of Fresh Fruits and Vegetables Daily t.~ - - -

Titles Are Issued to 939,283 Motor Vehicles jumped from 698,589 to 754,459, an increase of 55,870. Truck licenses gained from 116,569 to 122,702 an increase of 6133. New car titles, an index of buying power, showedban increase of 14,773, for a.total of 113,776 issued. Used car titles increased 22,313 for a total of 204,607. License transfers increased 16,511. Other increases were: trailer, ?S184; tractor, 761; semi-trailer, 1537; house car, 935 (no plates I were sold until April, 1937); moItorcycle, 578; dealer, 243; bus, 92; ! and transport operator, 13 (no : plates were sold until April, '1937). 1

! recently units have been developed for houses of conventional appearance with two full stories, pitched roofs, and double-hung windows. Laboratory workers say that standard parts do not mean that houses must be identical in design and appearance. Widely different designs can be built with the .same standard panels with few minor changes.

STATE POLICE? AUTHORITY IS BROADENED Officers Can Make Ar-J ' rests on Evidence, \ New Ruling Indianapolis,. July 19.—A vigoroas new program of traffic con-', trol by the state police as a part , of Governor M. Clifford Town-1, send’s safety program was an-' 5 nounced today. I, Don F. Stiver, State Safety Director, said the program was bas- ( ed on an Attorney-General’s rul- ] ing that an enforcement officer j ( could make arrests for traffic i ( violations, although he arrived ( on the scene after the accident oc-,, j cured. Points in the program are: 1. If the evidence shows that a traffic law has been violated,, the officer could make arrests for traffic violations, although he arrived on the scene after the accident cases reported will be investigat- ] ed and charges filed, if warrant- 1 ed, by the officer. . 2. Each state police post will have a trained accident squad equipped with a camera and othei- < devices. Breath testers for drunken driving cases will be available at al posts. 3. Excessive rates of speed ] will be considered a violation of | the reckless driving law. , 4. State policemen will at- • tempt to educate pedestrians to j walk on the left side of the road facing, traffic. 5. A concentrated and severe | enforcement program, with officers reporting the number of ar-1 rests made by each post every, week to Mr. Stiver. Officers will; concentrate week by week on hills ] and curves, failure to stop fori through roads, driving through towns and villages in excess of 30 i miles an hour, excessive speed on [ open highways, one-eyed lights, j failure to dim lights and no tail] lights. A‘ continuous campaign] will be waged against drunken drivers. 1 The new policy of investigating . and prosecuting violations has.j been successful in cutting down the traffic toll in Evanston, HL, over a period of years, Mr. Stiver said.

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Big General Fund (Continued from Page One) , for the 1939-41 biennium, means! of providing additional revenues I may be sought at the 1939 Legis. 1 lature. If business prosperity continues upward and brings in revenues above the anticipated amounts or the state wins a gross income case pending before the Supreme Court, new sources of revenue may not be needed, Governor Townsend said. A state tax study commission, Created by the Legislature, will make an academic study of the entire tax structure of the stave and its municipal and pdiiticaL subdivisions and< report to the new General Assembly.. A balance of approximately $7, -: ' 090,000 would be sufficient to meet state expenditures for a two-inonth period. Indiana’s finan-h cial structure is regarded as one' of the finest among the states by government finance exports. 4000 Men In C M T.C. at Fort Harrison Ft. Bej. Harrison, Ind. —Fl. Har.ison will tram 4,OUv young men at the two Citizens’ Military Training Camps conducted at this station this year. Ihe first camp is from July 2nd to July 31st, the second camp_from August 3rd!toi September - Ist. Colonel George V. Strong, 11th I ]U. S. Infrantry will be the Camp] i Commander. The instruction will consist of Artillery, Infantry, and Signal i Corps subjects. The total number ] of young men attending the CMTC 'in the country this year will be approximately 34,000. —" ~ I I Success of the program requir- j les the cooperation of prosecuting I attorneys and courts. • I “Courts, prosecuting attorneys | and enforcement officers must • work as one unit by investigating land prosecuting,” Mr. Stiver i said. I ■ I j “I would suggest that city police ] departments adopt a similar policy of making arrests after evidence ]warrants it, even though the officer did not witness the accident. I believe the Attorney-General has , opened the way for an enforcement program with teeth in it.” The pew program of traffic con- ; trol was outlined to state police; lieutenants by Mr. > Stiver at a i meeting Tuesday.

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